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Noticing Nature Practice: June 14

Noticing Nature Practice: June 14

Tell a beloved pet, plant, person, or other being that you love them.

Noticing Nature Practice: June 13

Noticing Nature Practice: June 13

Look at nature from a distance – spend time with a landscape or look at nature closeup – or both. What do you see?

Noticing Nature Practice: June 12

Noticing Nature Practice: June 12

What smells do you notice?

Noticing Nature Practice: June 11

Noticing Nature Practice: June 11

Water flows over these hands. May I use them skillfullyTo preserve our precious planet. —Thich Nhat Hanh

Noticing Nature Practice: June 10

Noticing Nature Practice: June 10

Drink a glass of water. What does it taste like? How does it make you feel?

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Spend a moment outside, after dark. What do you notice?

Dog Days

Dog Days

Sweet Lucy!  This illustration is from the 2020 Summer Issue of Woolgathering, my ad-free publication about the seasons. I wrote about how adopting this silly, lovable dog has changed everything – including how we engage with nature!  I am SO grateful to our pets that 

Noticing Nature Practice: June 8

Noticing Nature Practice: June 8

What does the weather sound like today? Is it windy, silent, or rainy?

Noticing Nature Practice: June 7

Noticing Nature Practice: June 7

Today’s prompt, which has extra layers of meaning for me these days: What color do you notice today?  Today, I am noticing my own internal whiteness (and my epidermal whiteness which is polka dotted with itchy, red mosquito bites.) Both the internal and the external 

Noticing Nature Practice: June 6

Noticing Nature Practice: June 6

A Poem/Prayer For Today: Gentle Goddess, Who never asks for anything at all, and gives us everything we have, thank you for this sweet water, and your fragrance. —Lee Welch

June’s Full Strawberry Moon

June’s Full Strawberry Moon

June’s Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon! We just picked our first strawberries – just in time!  I am wishing you power and serenity this Full Moon!  You are powerful and remember to make time for some moments of sweetness.

Noticing Nature Practice: June 5

Noticing Nature Practice: June 5

Today’s Prompt: What does nature feel like? Touch a leaf, a bloom, bark, dirt, a rock, or something else.

Noticing Nature Practice: June 4

Noticing Nature Practice: June 4

Today’s prompt is going to be controversial, for sure, but I challenge you to this practice of going barefoot. See what happens . . .if you dare! Go barefoot outside for a while – or longer. How do you feel?

June Episode of The Woolgathering Podcast

June Episode of The Woolgathering Podcast

It’s June’s episode of The Woolgathering Podcast! This month’s story welcomes Summer with a story about seeking shelter and finding intolerance. Also, there is a limerick, about dandelions.  Listen to the story: HERE! or wherever you find podcasts!

June’s Noticing Nature: June 3

June’s Noticing Nature: June 3

When I am feeling particularly depressed, stressed, and anxious, I offer my sadness to nature, and nature is always there for me.  Everyday nature quite literally feeds us with the food we eat and the water we drink, but nature also feeds our souls. Nature