Come to the Desert and save your body and soul. The Desert Mothers and Fathers of the 4th century came away to the Egyptian desert to build their hermitages and monasteries. For them, in the turmoil of the Christian empire and the wars sweeping the continents, the desert was a place of majestic vistas, silence … Continue reading Sabbath Retreat at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Finding our Way Home in 2024
Photo by Darrell Fraser on Pexels.com Perhaps you are saying "good riddance" to 2023. Or maybe there were breakthroughs and challenges that you overcame and you are eager for what is possible, even as we stand poised on the brink of 2024. My little belief is that the soul is always calling each of us … Continue reading Finding our Way Home in 2024
Soul Tending and human stages of development
Dear Readers, It has indeed been a very long time since I've communicated. A lot has happened since I last published a post. I have taken a summer herbal medicine intensive, sent my bees to a new home, packed up a household, sold many belongings, pared down my life and moved to a 600 square … Continue reading Soul Tending and human stages of development
Tending our Souls together(in such a time as this)
Bayo Akomolafe, Because modernity centralizes rationality/human experience, and instrumentalizes the nonhuman world as resource for human ends (that is, refusing to see the nonhuman world as powerful on its own terms), power and enchantment are always in short supply relative to deepening demand. One has to make a great effort to leave the homogenizing lull … Continue reading Tending our Souls together(in such a time as this)
I Choose Love
Somedays life is like a long dark tunnel, and it's not clear that one will emerge anytime soon into the light. That is what Holy Week felt like this year for me. Everything around me was bright and comfortable and beautiful. I am housesitting in a gorgeous adobe for friends in Taos. This Easter weekend, … Continue reading I Choose Love