Spring birds…and one red squirrel. Spring is an amazing time of renewal. Many of the birds are molting from their winter feathers to summer colors. The squirrels and chipmunks are busy eating up seeds and young leaves on trees so they can feed new babies. It’s a wonderful time of year to sit quietly, listen Read More
Tag: Wildlife
Mythic roots of Western culture’s alienation from nature
As Earth Day approaches this Friday, April 22, 2016, you may be reading a lot about Western culture’s disconnection from the natural world. You may wonder why Western culture became disconnected from the natural world all around it. The Mythic Roots of Western Culture’s Alienation from Nature, written and published by Dawn Hill Adams, Ph.D. Read More
The Canyon Hike Series, Part 8
We were lucky to have several springs and a running creek in the canyon. It’s a rare thing in the West, which is suffering from a horrible drought. The water ran cool and clear. Read More
The Canyon Hike Series, Part 3
The ranch where Tapestry was located in Nebraska was not your ordinary working ranch. We didn’t have any cows, for example. We had personal animals, wild Mustangs and wild buffalo. Thanks to the help of local people, we were able to evacuate our domestic and gentled horses the day we were evacuated from the ranch Read More