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Wuzzat!?
The Omen Days and a black cat on my roof
A Practical Solstice
In which I go out to tip balsam and pine, and keep busy in the studio making charm books
At a Solstice Turn of the Year
The rain garden and a bog, commemorated in watercolor and oil paint
The First Time I Saw Paris
Along with some music, a couple of powerful art experiences, and a life-changing trip
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At a Solstice Turn of the Year
Mother Nature's Offspring
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How many books is too many books?
The Lens of Attention
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Habitat

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A Practical Solstice
In which I go out to tip balsam and pine, and keep busy in the studio making charm books
Where are they going? What are they doing?
"We never know when but being cheerful helps."
LEGGO!
A seasonally appropriate post about ancestors, memories and hydrangeas
Begin by Sweeping: Down to Earth Thoughts for Samhain
Putting things in order with some observations, sightings, and questions for the ancestors
Snake Doctors, Healers in the Sky
Stitching together of the silence of the blues and the chatter of the yellows
A Gardener's Take on the World of Writers
Recommendations on language, trees and art, and why some billionaires are just noisy chipmunks
Recommendations
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Homecoming
Homecoming
Julie Gabrielli
User's avatar
Benebell Wen
Benebell Wen
True Tarot Tales with Katie-Ellen
True Tarot Tales with Katie-Ellen
Katie-Ellen Hazeldine
Our Trees
Our Trees
Tom Kimmerer
The Nature Notice Board Newsletter
The Nature Notice Board Newsletter
Zabby
Books
Is There Something We Can Do
A daybook that examines our responsibilities to the pale blue dot we call home. Published as a limited edition of 25 slipcased copies and 25 copies boxed with an original watercolor painting.
A Butterfly Careless
A limited edition letterpress book of haiku and monotypes created in collaboration with the poet Andrew Gay.

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At a Solstice Turn of the Year
The rain garden and a bog, commemorated in watercolor and oil paint
The First Time I Saw Paris
Along with some music, a couple of powerful art experiences, and a life-changing trip
The Four of Pentacles and the Studio Artist
Sometimes you have to uncouple yourself from the past to move into the present.
Local Trains
How to deliver a post when the mail train's not running, or to put it succinctly, I'm out of ideas. Let's have some fun.
Hashtag Contemporary Landscape
Does anyone use Hashtags any more? Here's an archived post from my website while I do some work over there (on the website) and over here on The Hidden…
All Aboard for the Geliplate Special
First stop, Camden, Maine. Destination unknown, but you'll love the ride.
A gay little centipede**
Or was it a millipede, hurrying from one side of the room to the other, in search of that certain hiding place that only a millipede knows how to find?
Sears Island and the Intersecting Ecologies Retreat
Off-shore wind development or a forever nature preserve? Two artists lead the way in bringing people together.

Tarot

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Wuzzat!?
The Omen Days and a black cat on my roof
The Four of Pentacles and the Studio Artist
Sometimes you have to uncouple yourself from the past to move into the present.
Out in the Garden
Practical advice from the Tarot and two gardeners who know what they're doing
Just Remember
All things change, not only the clocks. Rewilding, daylighting and regeneration are parts of the bigger picture.
Phenology
A fancy word that means I heard a cardinal singing on January 27
Homespun
Warp and Weft and the Meaning of (Daily) Life
Leeson, Lotsun and Merkey
Where did you come from, where do you go? The portals for reading the landscape are open right now.
Portals to the past, doors to the future
How? Try zinnias, a magic cloak, and the Charioteer of Delphi
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