Category Archives: mindfulness

Everything’s Lusher

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Laura Grace Weldon

A poem of awe is the best antidote. Continue reading →

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More Birds = More What?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Laura Grace Weldon

Attracting more songbirds results in more of something. What? Continue reading →

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Imagine An Energy Fingerprint

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Laura Grace Weldon

Imagine what we leave behind is a fingerprint of energy. Continue reading →

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Feast & Famine

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Laura Grace Weldon

Putting food by teaches us what it must have been like for generations before us. It may tell us why they feasted at the holidays too. Continue reading →

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The Antidote Is Awe

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Laura Grace Weldon

Antidote to pressure and stress is nearby, wherever nature is found. It’s called awe. Continue reading →

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Is Nature Somewhere Else?

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Laura Grace Weldon

We tend to think of nature as separate. We imagine spending time “out there” hiking in some remote wilderness, drinking from mountain streams and observing creatures that have never faced highway traffic. There, in a place far from our busy lives, we might find peace, tranquility and some kind of deep connection to what is real.

If. We. Just. Found. Time. To. Get. There.

That’s part of the problem. Continue reading →

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Peas & Joy

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Laura Grace Weldon

In our too often rushed and media-narrated lives, more time to shell peas on a porch might be just the peaceful interlude we all need. Continue reading →

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A Moment In The Great Turning

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Laura Grace Weldon

The very ordinary process of making soup and cheese is something precious, no less than the very remarkable process of taking part in a transformational epoch. Continue reading →