The trees are bare but fallen leaves still blow in the November winds. Nearby Medicine Lake has iced over, then thawed in places only to ice over again. The ice is thin but strong enough in most places for the geese and ducks to stand on it without breaking through. Read more…
I’ve been hiking out at Wolsfeld Woods SNA at least once a week since Labor Day. It’s fall and I’m waiting for the huge old sugar maples to turn golden. Yesterday on my hike I saw that some of the trees are beginning to turn high in the canopy. Soon Read more…
I headed out to hike at Wolsfeld Woods SNA last week. It’s one of my favorite Big Woods remnants in Minnesota. This is one of the places to go to feel connected to all that is sacred. Being in these woods nurtures my spirit. Signs of Fall in Wolsfeld Woods Read more…
French Regional Park Take a walk with me on a cloudy late October day. Most of the leaves have fallen. But pockets of color can be found here and there. The path beckons. Near the lake. Tall reeds, coots swimming and a view across Medicine Lake. The coots are incredibly Read more…
Darkness Shining In Western thought light and darkness are seen as polarities—light as good, darkness bad. But I am learning to look at light differently. Neil Douglas-Klotz introduced me to the idea of “darkness shining” in The Hidden Gospel. He says that the Aramaic word “Shem,” for light, includes all Read more…