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Discerning Desire
October in the Porcupine Mountains, Upper Peninsula Michigan Standing at the top of the hill, Ranger Josephine flips her blond hair, trips over a stump, and says: ”in the fall a tree sucks back all its energy into itself away from the leaves, triggering them to release their radiant pigments”: that awaited resplendence “this gradual…
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Fortuity and Fiddleheads
I almost missed these fiddlehead ferns, although they predictably appear each year among wild ginger and lily of the valley. I simply forgot to look for them until they surprised me on May Day. Fiddleheads are the pungency of spring, deep and hearty in the mouth. They are reminder that so much loveliness is ephemeral. …
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Knowing our Part
How to know when it is time to stand aside or when it is time to come forward: Knowing resides in a still, small voice heard with full attention. It may emerge in connection and coregulation. A still, small voice can even hide in cacophony. Here are ingredients to support knowing: Sufficient spaciousness, collective clearness.…
