Nature Teacher posts are what nature teaches about life. This post contains a poem and my own individual experiences.
Nature Teacher: Acquaintances and Friends
Nature Teacher: Coexisting
Billions of snowflakes grace the air together. Like fingerprints, no two are alike. Separate characteristics, individual traits, attributes make each one unique. Original. Yet they all share one Source and peacefully coexist. One is no better than the other. Different, but equal, is perfectly natural.
The Cherokee Knew
A fellow blogger's post reminded me of a pondering earlier this week. While I am a spiritual person, I haven't joined an organized religion for decades. Listening to others, some are dogmatically committed to one and only one belief system --- declaring their way is right and the only way. It may be right for …
Mother Nature’s Meditation
Sun warming Breeze cooling Skin. Eyes scanning Unripened green to apple rose’ Locking in The prized deep purply blue. Wind chimes whisper Somewhere nearby Cars whoosh Momentarily Here and there. Children laugh And ring the bell. Sun warming Breeze cooling Skin. Eyes scanning Each ripened berry In view. Totally in the moment There’s no other …
Tulip Vituperation
He said they should be contained in a taller vase. I said I love the way tulips arrange themselves in a playful sort of way. Not ostentatious but uninhibited, relaxed. Each one freely expressing itself. Silly or not.
Feeling Awkward Around Young Kids?
Reading a snippet about feeling awkward around kids reaffirmed there is nothing wrong with those who feel uncomfortable around children.  Perhaps you have no experience with kids. Does your gut groan around pre-adolescents...looking for what to say? Have you purposely chosen to not father children but instead protectively care for plants, pets, or a …
