Tag Archives: Nature Awareness

Belonging to the land

Posted on 7 November 2011 by

I’ve borrowed my title from a post by Nimue at Druid Life in which she writes feelingly of this sense of belonging as a distinctly Druid idea and as a basis for ethics and practice. “If we belong first and … Continue reading →

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Winter is here

Posted on 5 November 2011 by

A mourning dove and a small flock of sparrows are foraging in the bushes just outside my front door. After watching them through the window for a bit, I grabbed the only bird guide I could find (where is my … Continue reading →

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Nature and Earth

Posted on 23 September 2011 by

One of the chief reasons I am a druid is because “nature spirituality” is important to me. But when I ask myself, “What is nature spirituality? What is ‘nature’?” I find I don’t have any easy answers. The root of … Continue reading →

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The voice of the turtle

Posted on 11 February 2009 by

I heard the cooing of a mourning dove while walking to work today, for the first time in months. It’s one of my favorite sounds, hollow yet intimate, distant even if it’s right outside your bedroom window. The voice of … Continue reading →

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My favorite combination!

Posted on 29 January 2009 by

Bird-related, and simultaneously heart-warming and weird! more about “My favorite combination!“, posted with vodpod Thanks to the Birdchick for pointing this out!

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I am not a birder, but I know who is

Posted on 11 November 2008 by

I am not a birder.  That is, I’m not what the uninitiated call a “birdwatcher”.  (I suppose it’s like the difference between “Trekker” and “Trekkie”, though I’m so old-skool that I do call myself a Trekkie.)  The birds I watch … Continue reading →

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