Connecting Children with Nature

Connecting Children with Nature

Connecting Children with Nature Remember how it felt the first time you splashed barefoot into a creek and shrieked with joy as the cool water swirled around your ankles?  Or when you finally got a flat rock to skip across a calm body of water? Most adults have fond...
Tiny Miracles on Wings

Tiny Miracles on Wings

Tiny Miracles on Wings What I experienced as a “miracle” happened many years ago when I was eight, playing outside after dinner among a small grove of hackberry trees.  That fall evening I witnessed a miraculous transformation as the last rays of sunlight lit up not...
Musings for Uncertain Times

Musings for Uncertain Times

Musings for Uncertain Times As I sit at my desk this morning, I find myself clinging to a sense of normalcy. Listening to some moving music, I feel a sense of communion with all those who have suffered and endured hardship through the ages. There is some consolation...
Adversity and Opportunity

Adversity and Opportunity

Adversity and Opportunity Maybe your kids are off school and you’re working from home because of the Coronavirus outbreak. There’s only so much you can take with the kids indoors all day and the pressure’s building. They’ve been playing video games all morning and...
Fishwatching

Fishwatching

Fishwatching I cannot walk over a bridge without stopping to peer into the watery depths below. If I’m lucky I’ll see a lazy chub hanging behind a tendril of water crowfoot; or a shoal of roach tinkering with the water’s surface; or a chainmail-clad torpedo – a barbel...