What nature smells do you remember from childhood? Can you smell any of them today?

Notice the variety of nature’s textures today. Can you touch any of them? What do they feel like?

“Something essential happens in a vegetable garden. It’s a place where if you can’t say ‘I love you’ out loud, you can say it in seeds. And the land will reciprocate, in beans.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer, from Braiding Sweetgrass

What sounds do you hear coming from birds, animals, and/or insects?

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

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

What smells do you notice?

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

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

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

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

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 …

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