Category Archives: Earth Work

Going Viral: Respect, Relationship ā€” and a Pandemic

Communicating with other lifeforms as a land and Earth worker is a privilege and a responsibility. I relish this phenomenon and have no need to analyze it ā€” a good thing because I have no idea how Iā€™d go about … Continue reading

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Bio of a Worthy Opponent: Highlights

COVID-19 was first identified in China in late 2019/early 2020 and quickly spread through travel. Flu-like in nature, it primarily targeted the lungs, sometimes necessitating hospitalization on a ventilator. We soon learned the virus could impact the heart, digestion, sense … Continue reading

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Prayers for the Earth

In late spring 2020 while sheltering in place during the covid-19 pandemic, I began walking for exercise in the backyard. I walk on a concrete path that wends its way down the hillside from the front of the house to … Continue reading

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Bedtime Stories*

The moment I turn out the light, exhale the day, the chatter starts, chatter that rattles me wide awake when all I want is to sail off to sleep. So I use a trick: superimpose another conversation, one of my … Continue reading

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Loops and spirals

One recent Sunday morning I went walking on a familiar hillside trail with panoramic views of the whole Bay Area as well as enclosed, wooded segments. The weather had turned hot so I went early. I was weighed down by … Continue reading

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Dino

I took a long walk in a regional park last Sunday morning. The day had begun cool and foggy as it often does in the East Bay. Not many hikers or bikers were out on this usually well-populated trail, maybe … Continue reading

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The golden gate

I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Hawai’i Island in late April 2014. Part of 2012 and most of 2013 and ’14 were dedicated to the move, a major life shift on every level. Now that most of … Continue reading

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The balm of compassion

The universe persists in sending us what we need to grow in awareness and feel our connection to all that is. Often it doesn’t seem so; in fact, often it feels the reverse, especially when we’re faced with one challenge … Continue reading

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The call to Earth work

Earth work is a calling. It’s not something you decide to do in advance of beginning to carry out the work. You don’t decide to train for it either, though you may in fact be training (apprenticing) for it unawares. … Continue reading

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September 11…and December 25

I originally drafted this post right after 9/11/2011, the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks and a time of high emotion, then “forgot about it” till now. I publish it here synchronous with a time of year when many people … Continue reading

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