Seeing with and without cameras
Photography can be both a useful tool and a hindrance in observing nature.
Read MorePhotography can be both a useful tool and a hindrance in observing nature.
Read MoreCicadas hold particular meaning for me. We hear them a lot more often than we see them, so I took the unusual opportunity…
Read MoreAfter posting a daily photo journal on Flickr for more than seven months in 2008 I seemed to burn out for one reason,…
Read MoreMindfulness is a great tool for emotional well-being, but alone it can’t treat depression. Here’s my experience, and why it’s important.
Read MoreSeyyed Hossein Nasr blames environmental decline on “the divorce of our understanding of nature from the sacred and the spiritual.” The Islamic philosopher…
Read MoreA little effort can turn the smallest space into a fertile sanctuary.
Read MoreIt might look peaceful enough, but this living room is the scene of a recent dramatic transition. My partner and I have just…
Read MoreThe struggle to maintain good exercise habits reminds me of the importance of gratitude and ritual.
Read MoreRituals are valuable. They help us focus and remember what matters to us. But we must not become slaves to activities that make…
Read MoreEvery year on the evening of Dec. 21, people gather in Toronto’s Kensington Market to celebrate Winter Solstice with a festival of fire…
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