Category: nature
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A Quiet Place to Rest
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We had our “Living Joy to the Fullest” retreat today and it was just what I needed. After a long week, it was wonderful to find a quite place to sit and gather thoughts amongst the graceful California Live Oaks. In Northern California, our hillsides are only green for…
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Turtles Use GPS
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On Wednesday NPR aired a story titled “For Turtles, the Earth’s Magnetism is A Built-In GPS.” The basic discovery is that turtles use the earth’s magnetic pull to navigate to feeding grounds. This is an inherent trait to the turtles, they are born with the ability to navigate the ocean…
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A Get Away to Olema – Cheese, Chickens and the Ocean
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As some of the regulars know, I left my job for a new one. I’m gonna be honest here, I originally gave two weeks, but then decided I wanted more time off between jobs. And, I’d totally had it with my old job. So I cut that down to about…
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Some More Views of The Coast
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A few weeks back I posted pictures taken from my phone on the way up to one of my favorite places in the world. It’s north of where I live, at The Sea Ranch, California. My family has been going there, renting houses since I was about 11 years old.…
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In the Place Where There is No Cell Phone Coverage
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One of my favorite spots in the whole world sits on the Northern Coast of California. I set out yesterday to meet up with my parents for a weekend of relaxation, too much food, soaking in some sun and staring at the ocean. On the way up north, the road…
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Friday Music: The Kennolyn Song
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After introducing you to my experience at summer camp, and my recent journey to the memorial for Aunt Marion of Kennolyn Camp, I thought I’d make my Friday Music this week one of a similarly sentimental nature. Kennolyn was the camp that I attended as a kid, and then later…
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Gaurdians at the Gate
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“The approaches and entrances to temples are flanked and defended by colossal gargoyles: dragons, lions, devil-slayers with drawn swords, resentful dwarfs, winged bulls, These are the threshold guardians to ward away all incapable of encountering the higher silences within … They illustrate the fact that the devotee at the moment…