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A rare spring beauty of Southern Appalachia
Oconee bell (Shortia galacifolia) Beauty is a word for the ineffable. It is a word to describe vast feelings that arise within us when we’re in a meaningful relationship with an experience. Birth and...
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Spring Ephemeral Walk with TN Valley Chapter of Wild Ones
Tiarella cordifolia (foam flower) at The Pocket 3-23-13 Once a year, we have the opportunity to witness the awakening of the forest floor. This is one of the most obvious times to see how nature is in...
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Perspective is everything
Blue-eyed Mary, Collinsia verna It’s so interesting how context changes our value of something. Today on a bird walk with David Haskell, he mentioned how the beautiful blue jay would be a focus of...
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Forest Bathing Retreat: toe first then full immersion June 21-22
Forest bathing is a practice of being present, opening our senses to receive all of the forest. It isn’t about taking your clothes off to literally bathe. It’s a figurative use of the word, as in to...
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There is a balm in nature to make the wounded whole
The old African-American spiritual hymn was playing in my head, “There is a Balm in Gilead,” and I stopped to listen. My friend, Honor Woodard, once told me of her practice to notice the songs that pop...
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