Message from the Mountain

The recent heavy rains have saturated the mountains and valleys with so much moisture that the land cannot hold any more. Consequently, there have been some major washouts on the roads. This has held…

My intention is to always be aware of heart signs that I believe materialize at just the right time in my life, showing me that I am not alone on my soul’s journey. So it was that a heart sign on the…

The maple leaves have been slowly getting ready to burst open. All that’s needed is a warm sunny day, and it will begin to look like summer. I believe that will happen soon, just as I believe that po…

With the recent deluge of rain, the water flowing down the mountainside is creating a powerful force that the settlers used to run mills, like the bark mill located on our property. I think of the po…

Today, on the first day of May, I am reminded of the Star Wars saying, “May the Force be with you.” Cayce believed there was a non-judgmental Force in the Cosmos where our souls were created. It is v…

Now that the leaves are beginning to sprout, the male finches are showing their mating colors. In the winter they blend in with the drab landscape, helping to protect them from predators. People ofte…

The other day we spotted a wayward daffodil blooming at the base of a tree by the brook. We must have dug the bulb up when we were doing cleanup sometime in the past. I call this type of surprise a m…

The lupine are coming up on the mountainside and I look forward to visiting them when they bloom a month or so from now. I wasn’t sure if that was going to be possible, but with a new hip next week, …

Just when the growing season seems ready to pop open, we get hit with a couple of weeks of cool rainy weather. The bright spot is the forsythia with their yellow flowers. I think of people that brigh…

I have sweet memories of mayflowers from my childhood. My mother had a favorite patch. We have a lot of mayflowers on the mountainside. I think of people that have positive energy that set the tone f…

There is a new bird house in the Lupine Field replacing an old one that succumbed to the winter weather. I think of human dwelling places. We may have one or many in our lifetimes, but the home in ou…

It is with heartfelt gratitude that I have watched master gardener Derek reshape the landscape around the Center. I think of all the people in the world that are reshaping the landscape of their live…

When I drove over to the Center to admire the work on the gardens recently, the first thing I saw when I opened the car door was a small stone heart and I knew it was a special sign from my team on t…

Thirty plus years ago when we purchased land on the Mountain, we had a forestry plan created for a logging operation to thin out the trees. The logger, Roy Ames, who passed recently, discovered a for…

In life it is often the biggest and flashiest people or objects that capture the attention of others, but Nature gave me a wonderful example of mini-daffodils growing in Penny’s Garden. They have all…

The sunsets and sunrises we have enjoyed since last fall are beginning to disappear. They are not going any place, but the leaves on the trees outside the windows will soon block the view. In life we…

The right tool can make a big difference on how a project moves along as recently was amplified by my wife as she used a Bob Cat to make easy work of moving debris off the lawn. I can only imagine ho…

I always look forward to the clumps of bright yellow daffodils when they bloom in the spring. They brighten the landscape. I am reminded of souls that brighten the landscape of life all year long. Yo…

On their first walk up on the Mountain this spring, my wife and family members discovered a large patch of clear ledge where a pine tree had been toppled over the winter. The bones of the ridge line …

The buds are swelling and ready to pop on the trees, bushes and shrubs. I am enjoying watching the greens of the lilac buds and can’t wait until their fragrant flowers open wide to the sun. There is …