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...

Because I believe that everyone should have the ability to have their basic needs for food and shelter met with dignity, I am sharing...

There are certain autumn nights when the quality of air is of such utter perfection that no matter my exhaustion I must heed the call of...

On this solemn day of remembrance I welcome you to two very different stories of two Maritime women's experiences with dolls. The first...

For anyone interested, there are several ways to give input on the Just Transition Act that Justin Trudeau promised and you can add your...

Dappled Sunlight on Blue-beaded Lily in Eastern PEI Woodland, Sept 2021 I can't recall the circumstances surrounding the first time I...

A piece I wrote six years ago in response to the PEI gov'ts release of the document promoting PEI as the Food Island:http://www.foodislan...

Thanks to inspiration from Gary Schneider's beautiful presentation on forests as part of the Protecting PEI Lands and Waters--It's Urgent...

I wrote this tongue- in- cheek (but also truly heart- in- hand) letter last week. I find it tiring to think of a possible federal...

Cheering on baby bird's is a lesson in hoping for the best and bearing witness to the joy in small things. As I type this, a mother...

On seeing that we may have already reached some tipping points, while in some strange way, most of us, for the most part, go on about our...

We were in the dining room just after supper when we heard a wild ruckus of Crows calling out near our house. We wondered aloud: What are...

Nose pressed to window, Eyes creep up hollyhock stem On wild, rain-soaked blooms, Land on loose, gauze- draped shoulder of moon--sigh,...

Yellow butterfly splayed out on red dirt road so still we thought it dead and sought to take it to our home to put under a dome Instead...