Articles on Nature

Early-Blooming Wildflowers: A Sign of Global Warming?

A Q&A with EarthTalk; reprinted with permission I've noticed that wildflower blooms in the mountains have been coming earlier and earlier in recent years. Is this a sign of global...

For Dads: Fun Ways to Stay Fit with Your Family

It’s June, and Father’s Day is coming up — time to indulge Dad with some R&R, perhaps a favorite beer and a chance to catch a World Cup game on TV. Nothing wrong with a little...

Alone, A Memoir

Memoirs about personal transformation are often a mixed bag. Though they can inspire hope that the reader, in all his/her ordinariness, might follow in the memoirist’s footsteps...

Northwestern Exposure

Who doesn’t love Ponderosa Pines — the 50-foot-tall, amber-complexioned, deeply veined conifers that appear in the north plateau and emit a vanilla scent as intoxicating...

Teach Your Children Well

In the native Toltec tradition of rural Mexico, the shamanic healer, or nagual, guides individuals on their path to personal freedom with simple, practical teachings. Trained by his...

Telling Time

For two years I lived in a country with no seasons. We measured time by other means than falling leaves or snow, new buds on trees. There was a fresh breeze in the air, the ash of burned...