Message from the Mountain

I watched some butterflies flitting across the Lupine Field gathering sweet nectar for their long journey to warmer climates for the winter. I wondered how they and the birds know how to find their w…

September is such an interesting month as summer and fall come together. The days are still warm enough to sit on a bench in the Lupine Field and enjoy the clouds floating above my head. It is a time…

The leaves are turning color and the pumpkins and mums are decorating the fall landscape. There are also red berries that will last beyond the fading leaves. Each person has their own uniqueness that…

I saw what some would call a weed and others a wildflower with its seed clumps looking like cotton balls. As we sat in the Lupine Field, we watched the seeds floating on the wind like mini helicopter…

The first day of astrological fall: the temperatures are falling, and soon the leaves will be falling, and then the snow will be falling. People will be out “falling”, celebrating the beauty that the…

I noticed a spade lying next to a newly transplanted flower and I thought about the importance of having the right tool for a job. This applies to more than physical work. It is important to have the…

A couple of years ago we transplanted several different flowering plants. Recently I discovered a stonecrop in bloom that is also growing there. I am reminded that when we do acts of kindness, they m…

Have you ever studied the shades of green in grass? The green you see is not just one shade of green; there are many. This is true in just about every color in Nature. It is also true in every moment…

My friend and ex-student just spent another five days working on the grounds at the Reflection Center. He decided a bridge would look good in a corner, and we moved an old ramp to complete the idea. …

I have been cleaning a space behind the Center for future plantings. It is not the first time it has been cleared, and the soil is rich from past use. When people start over, they often have a firm f…

I set my intentions each day to channel love from the Cosmos in everything I do. Of course, the perfection is in the intention, not always the result. Every so often that love comes back from Nature …

Ever wonder what is really in the air we breathe? There could be pollution from manufacturing, vehicle exhaust, dust, pollen, and even chem trails. They have an effect on our health. Hopefully in the…

I have really enjoyed the beauty of nature this month. My goal is to discover a bouquet a day. The bouquet is not restricted to flowers. It could even be a person who has taken the risk of sharing po…

I noticed a woodchuck sitting on our stone grinding wheel used nearly 200 years ago to grind bark for tanning hides to make leather. I wonder how often I have missed wildlife so close to our house.

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Every so often, we walk over to the Lupine Field from the Cabin to watch the sun setting behind the mountains across the valley. It would be a great place to have a house, but if we were there every …

The ledge across the valley lives a quiet existence except for twice a year, October 30th and May 1st when it opens its portal into the earth and beyond. Ancient shamans gathered to help souls travel…

While checking some of the plantings we had placed at the entrance to the road to the Cabin, I noticed a yellow bloom from a plant we had not set there. It was a beautiful September surprise. I look …

I first see it in the lowlands when the swamp maples turn red. I can watch it from the Mountain as it spreads across the valley and the foothills. It is Nature’s spectacular fall foliage show. All we…

I relate the magic of milkweed to the magic of people. Milkweed has a milky substance that flows through it in the summer with flower clusters that attract butterflies and form a seed pod in the fall…

Two days of gentle rain is just what the land here in the foothills needed. Much of the country has received too much moisture, but here it is welcome. People search for soul nourishment in many plac…