The dichotomy of fire and ice was not lost on us and to this day this remains a picture that takes on a metaphorical presence of sorts, one that expresses a fiery passion for our craft tempered against a cold and relentless landscape.
Polygamy Rules
The virtues of social monogamy are a matter of survival for the human species. But what of agricultural monogamy?
How Vanishing Honeybees Will Eliminate Global Organic Food Supplies
Organic food crops require pollination from honeybees to flourish, but bees are disappearing faster than they can be replaced along with healthy food.
Butterflies in Winter
Amongst her repeated subjects is the butterfly. Sitting under a pile of snow and cold darkness here in Minnesota, butterflies seem far away. Their fragile beauty, strong determination (able to fly thousands of miles), and utterly obvious impermanence (most living less than a year) make them great subjects for Buddhist poetry. Here are four of Chiyo-ni’s butterfly haiku. May they inspire dreams, especially for those of us living in the winter darkness right now.
Mushroom Man
Mycellium have the potential to clean up toxic waste, rein in E. coli, and cure Alzheimer’s disease. Plus they make a mighty fine addition to any stir fry.
Daddy, Can We Have A Blueberry Tree?
When visitors “adopt” their very own blueberry plant, they learn – especially the children – more about the farming life, as well as reaping the rewards by harvesting fresh blueberries.
Breaching
For Birgit Piskor and her friend Perry, a kayaking adventure in pursuit of gray whale sightings off the southern Baja Peninsula turns into a near-deadly encounter with two of the huge mammals.
All Alone in the Night – Our Living Planet
Watch this amazing video called ‘All Alone in the Night’ which is time-lapse footage of the Earth, as seen from the International Space Station. I could wax poetic about this … but as they say, a picture (or in this case a video) is worth a thousand words.
In The Company of Trees
Guest Author Joanne Marks writes about opening to the subtle realities of nature, based on her experiences with a grove of trees she’s come to know over a 7 years period of harvesting there medicine.
River Of Life
Life in the driest state on the driest continent was different this spring. Nature provided a beautiful prelude to the season of rebirth in South Australia. The Murray River floodplains were transformed after more than a decade of drought. Just add water!