A poem dedicated to my three children and my dear mother whose curiosity about and love of nature constantly inspires my own. Happy...

Squeezed in between the showers of late April and the greening of early May we celebrate Earth Day as a day to bring kind awareness to...

https://www.thedarvel.com/ https://linktr.ee/thedarvel Our son and middle child, Lucas MacCormack, is a homeschooled young man who has...

We are not meant to go this world alone. Yet some of us are wired so differently that it’s harder for us than for those more...

Without mud, there is no lotus. Without suffering, there’s no happiness. So, we shouldn’t discriminate against the mud. We have to learn...

I wrote this yesterday for International Women’s Day (March 8th, 2022) to honour the beauty and strength of the women in my life and all...

My Wish for Peace--Handing You a Seed First written for The Art of Autism Peace Project 2020 about Peace being found by honouring the...

To Department of Finance Budget Consultation: When my three very concerned young adults read to me about record high earnings for ...

Last night it took every bit of my well practiced resistance to following my heart’s desires to remain in my own bed once I finally got...

When looking out at the glittering world last Wednesday morning after a very cold, very calm night the whole place seemed positively...

Good morning to you, this bright, cold day! Two sharings today: a short poem on beauty, gratitude and joy as a pathway through difficulty...

When speaking yesterday with my dear west coast sister and her lovely eldest child, they commented on how many tabs they have open on...

Just this morning I was speaking with my eternally optimistic yet abundantly realistic (and sometimes gloomy) youngest child. She came...

This essay was written on a bleak day last November when I was at a very low ebb. Thankfully, the tidal waters of my own life include...

I want to begin by thanking you for taking time out of your day to pause and glimpse the world through my eyes. I am not sure where you...

On nights such as this following on the still hot heels of a day as long and drawn as my tired self there it is hanging low and bright in...

http://prattleandponder.blogspot.com/2015/11/hunting-winterberries-and-gathering.html Somehow this image was taken (and this piece was...

Good news! I am sharing (below) an excerpt of a letter from a group of Senators spearheaded by Sen. Kim Pate and shared by Marie Burge in...

This is a quick, three mentions blog post to share with you the link to a free webinar series on Hope with leading activists,...

Walking on red clay road plastered with fallen leaves I spy a dead moth. Its perfect form, a still- life Of the inevitable. Walking on...