Help us to be the always hopeful Gardeners of the spirit Who know that without darknes...

The teacher at the retreat talks bout sati-sampajanna. Sati means mindfulness. Usually sampajanna is translated as “clear comprehension,” bu...

Here in the Pacific Northwest, the understory for the 200-foot tall firs and cedars is alder, oak, and big leaf maple. The leaves of the big...

My chore at the retreat center is to wipe the dining tables after dinner and then spritz them with three puffs of mild bleach water. Durin...

Jut after sunset, a lone robin sends her distress call for more than half an hour. I can hear her flying from here to there, but the dark wo...

Little white cottony fluffs of thistle seeds float on the breeze, meandering up and up and over. floating any which way. Each tiny thistle s...

At dusk, an owl sits in a willow tree beside the pond. Mama and Papa Robin are chirping constantly. they fly into the willow tree, perhaps...