Message from the Mountain

The top of the Mountain has very little topsoil and the trees that grow there do not have deep roots. They grow sideways attempting to support the trees. Some people have shallow support systems that…

I could see the snow on Mt. Washington as I sat on the bench at the Lupine Field, but there was no breeze blowing cold air. It was so peaceful. On the way back to the truck I saw a small heart in the…

The evening sky said it all. Its cold stare indicated that night temperatures were dropping to below freezing. I thought about turning up the heat but realized that our hearts, when we experience gra…

The mountain appeared dark and moody when I captured its photo. I thought of people who look like that when they are in a negative mood. Perhaps a positive word will help them change. Sunshine will h…

I often take a front row seat at Nature’s show. It is never the same, and always healing for my mind, body, spirit, emotions and my soul. Anywhere you find Nature, no matter the season, you can do th…

At the moment you would never know there is a small seasonal brook that flows by my window. It is totally dry and filled with leaves. Sooner or later, it will flow again. People have dry spells in th…

I have done many heart podcasts over the years, but I count on seeing hearts in Nature and other places. I consider them signs and reminders of the belief that our hearts expend 60 times more electro…

The stump that has been housing the fairies on the mountain top is rotting away, so my wife decided to move the items left for them to the base of a large pine tree close by. Overnight the fairies ca…

There is an old cemetery on our land in the back of the property where the original settlers were buried almost 200 years ago. Our goal is to honor voices from the past. We are all following the path…

My heart has a warm glow in it created by my gratitude for the beautiful alpine glows across the valley that I can see through the trees, now that they have lost their leaves. As the nights get longe…

I look at the massive stone walls surrounding part of the Orchard and wonder what stories are hidden in them. I wonder about the history of earth and its true history. I wonder about our souls’ histo…

Now that the time has changed and the leaves have dropped, I can again follow the path of the sunsets as they move west across the horizon until the winter solstice. I am as grateful for this opportu…

One of our birch trees has a severe bend probably caused from previous winter storms, After the leaves fell, I noticed a bird’s nest built right on the bend in a precarious position. I think of peopl…

Today we lose an hour of daylight in the evening as the nights in the Northern Hemisphere grow longer, while in the Southern Hemisphere, they are getting shorter. For me, I like to surround myself wi…

One of my escape routines this summer and fall is to take the local paper in the afternoon and drive up to the unfurnished cabin and sit under a solar light bulb and look for positive articles. A mom…

The calendar page has turned again, although the weather is still much warmer than usual. We now carry a snow-ice scraper in the car preparing for sudden changes, but we are also enjoying Nature givi…

I wanted to see how Nature was celebrating Halloween this year, and my answer came when I discovered a leaf dressed up in a scary costume. I often receive answers to my questions from Nature.

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Barberries are an invasive shrub that can grow wild and take over a landscape, choking out more desirable growth. Deer do not like to feed on it because of its barbs. People can be overrun by invasiv…

The temperature has now dropped to below freezing for the first time this fall and the gardens and nature’s growing season has gone to sleep. It is time to warm up our soul’s heart-felt gratitude for…

It is only in recent years that we have seen cardinals coming to our feeders. Now we have a pair nesting nearby, and I can never resist taking a photo. They are a positive sign to me, a reminder that…