What a wonderful issue of the Sunny Optimist! Thank you for sharing, Ann. How funny that the methods considered radical are those that respect Nature's own. We're watching, testing and learning in our own back yard...and I hope someday to have a (small) area as lush and healthy as Ernst's!
Meanwhile, a fun Earth Day story from Mpls: Larry drove by a group of five people who were out picking up garbage along the streets. He stopped to thank them and then sent them all to our restaurant for free lunch. I found that so sweet! I agree that it's good to have a day where we all pay extra special attention to our Earth.
Yes Alison, I too was thinking about how to let our garden flourish. One of our trees has died over the witer I was wondering about the choice it has made that our garden was not its place. Plants do not lie - I loved that. I so appreciate Larry's generosity of spirit and how random acts of kindness connect us and sustain our faith in the inherent goodness of people. Loverly!
Thank you for this, Ann. This weekend, be are touching our gardens for the first time this year. It is time for Broccoli and Kale to step into this chilly, early spring. I love this questions "What can I do to be useful?" It is a perfect reminder of our partnership with nature as we begin to lean into warmer days. Happy Earth Day, indeed!
Dear Chris, I love the reminder that Mother Earth flows differently across the world and not to assume that it is the same everywhere. I have a sense of the lifting of the chill and the returning warmth gently arriving. Mmmm
Ahh, now I know how it works here....I always loved nature, but since the pandemic I felt the need to behave less destroying. I started to buy unpacked food and use eggshells and coffeeground for cleaning......And what really made a difference for me was, that I learned about ceremonies from Prune Harris, an energy expert from the UK. I felt the sacredness when I sat down in the forest and offered some of my food to the earth, when I wrote down on a treebark what I want to let go and when I sang to the earth. And then I heard a subtle "Danke". I was and I am connected to a strong energy since then. I sleep less I am much more awake, I feel the beauty of life and every person. That all feels so good and with this I can be more and more helpful for the earth and the people......(my english may be strange I am from germany) Thank you Ann for your inspiring insights. Barbara
Hello Barbara, So glad you worked out how to be here. Love having your energy and insight with us. I love Prune's website and her balance around Covid. Thank you for this connection. I love your Danke, an elegance and simplicity to appreciating life just as it is. Mmmmm
Today I’m celebrating my Grandaughter Ana Signe Hulin, born this day 11 years ago. She and her sister Elsie are a constant source of light and optimism for me. Here in California the emergence of green plants in the areas that burned last summer reminds me of Mother Earth’s regenerative powers. I’m so glad that so far we Earth people have been loved into being by our Earth Mother. May we continue to evolve in ways that harmonize with her wisdom.
Mmmmmm thank you, I appreciate your reminder that we can both 'evolve' and 'harmonize' with her wisdom. Paying attention to her beauty and messages. Just lovely thank you for being here with me and us.
Thank you sharing this here Ann! I am more and more convinced that returning to the land, our connection with nature and the Earth offers us the solution to individual, community and planetary restoration. We have made life so complex and created so much doubt in ourselves. Connecting to the Earth reminds us that her abundance is always there for us as well as health and harmony. Ernst has demonstrated this well!
Yes Mark, just right Mmmmm There is a simplicity to your suggestions if we can 'watch and wait' for the guidance that Ernst speaks of. I love his joy and frankness too. Axx
With regard to conservation it’s astonishing and sad to think of how many animals birds and plants have gone extinct in the last hundred years. Such as the Baiji the Yangtze River dolphin. The last known individual I think died in 2002. I try to write short stories about extinct birds etc in the style I like to think of Aepyornis island by hg Wells though obviously a million times weaker in quality. I try to convey scenarios where an extinct bird is found. What resonances it would have and how beautiful it would be thoygh as a charity warned me I must not make the stories about different extinct birds so convincing thst people take my words for documentarian fact
Just thought I’d say this and let’s all cherish the world we live in a thousand times more. Species which are gone are gone forever and we must take care all of us. There’s a beautiful moment for us all. Whether it’s the pine tree or the little goldfinches in my parents back garden it’s priceless. Best wishes a lovely planet 🌎 Richard
Hello Richard, yes it is challenging to think about all that is being lost. That is why regeneration is so important. Love the idea of recreating lost worlds and lost species to speak to us now. Axx
What a wonderful issue of the Sunny Optimist! Thank you for sharing, Ann. How funny that the methods considered radical are those that respect Nature's own. We're watching, testing and learning in our own back yard...and I hope someday to have a (small) area as lush and healthy as Ernst's!
Meanwhile, a fun Earth Day story from Mpls: Larry drove by a group of five people who were out picking up garbage along the streets. He stopped to thank them and then sent them all to our restaurant for free lunch. I found that so sweet! I agree that it's good to have a day where we all pay extra special attention to our Earth.
Yes Alison, I too was thinking about how to let our garden flourish. One of our trees has died over the witer I was wondering about the choice it has made that our garden was not its place. Plants do not lie - I loved that. I so appreciate Larry's generosity of spirit and how random acts of kindness connect us and sustain our faith in the inherent goodness of people. Loverly!
Thank you for this, Ann. This weekend, be are touching our gardens for the first time this year. It is time for Broccoli and Kale to step into this chilly, early spring. I love this questions "What can I do to be useful?" It is a perfect reminder of our partnership with nature as we begin to lean into warmer days. Happy Earth Day, indeed!
Dear Chris, I love the reminder that Mother Earth flows differently across the world and not to assume that it is the same everywhere. I have a sense of the lifting of the chill and the returning warmth gently arriving. Mmmm
Ahh, now I know how it works here....I always loved nature, but since the pandemic I felt the need to behave less destroying. I started to buy unpacked food and use eggshells and coffeeground for cleaning......And what really made a difference for me was, that I learned about ceremonies from Prune Harris, an energy expert from the UK. I felt the sacredness when I sat down in the forest and offered some of my food to the earth, when I wrote down on a treebark what I want to let go and when I sang to the earth. And then I heard a subtle "Danke". I was and I am connected to a strong energy since then. I sleep less I am much more awake, I feel the beauty of life and every person. That all feels so good and with this I can be more and more helpful for the earth and the people......(my english may be strange I am from germany) Thank you Ann for your inspiring insights. Barbara
Hello Barbara, So glad you worked out how to be here. Love having your energy and insight with us. I love Prune's website and her balance around Covid. Thank you for this connection. I love your Danke, an elegance and simplicity to appreciating life just as it is. Mmmmm
Today I’m celebrating my Grandaughter Ana Signe Hulin, born this day 11 years ago. She and her sister Elsie are a constant source of light and optimism for me. Here in California the emergence of green plants in the areas that burned last summer reminds me of Mother Earth’s regenerative powers. I’m so glad that so far we Earth people have been loved into being by our Earth Mother. May we continue to evolve in ways that harmonize with her wisdom.
Mmmmmm thank you, I appreciate your reminder that we can both 'evolve' and 'harmonize' with her wisdom. Paying attention to her beauty and messages. Just lovely thank you for being here with me and us.
Thank you sharing this here Ann! I am more and more convinced that returning to the land, our connection with nature and the Earth offers us the solution to individual, community and planetary restoration. We have made life so complex and created so much doubt in ourselves. Connecting to the Earth reminds us that her abundance is always there for us as well as health and harmony. Ernst has demonstrated this well!
Yes Mark, just right Mmmmm There is a simplicity to your suggestions if we can 'watch and wait' for the guidance that Ernst speaks of. I love his joy and frankness too. Axx
With regard to conservation it’s astonishing and sad to think of how many animals birds and plants have gone extinct in the last hundred years. Such as the Baiji the Yangtze River dolphin. The last known individual I think died in 2002. I try to write short stories about extinct birds etc in the style I like to think of Aepyornis island by hg Wells though obviously a million times weaker in quality. I try to convey scenarios where an extinct bird is found. What resonances it would have and how beautiful it would be thoygh as a charity warned me I must not make the stories about different extinct birds so convincing thst people take my words for documentarian fact
Just thought I’d say this and let’s all cherish the world we live in a thousand times more. Species which are gone are gone forever and we must take care all of us. There’s a beautiful moment for us all. Whether it’s the pine tree or the little goldfinches in my parents back garden it’s priceless. Best wishes a lovely planet 🌎 Richard
Hello Richard, yes it is challenging to think about all that is being lost. That is why regeneration is so important. Love the idea of recreating lost worlds and lost species to speak to us now. Axx