A few winters ago I started embracing winter by bundling up and going out onto the front porch to watch the sunset as often as I could during the coldest, darkest months of the year. The hues painted by the day’s last rays seem all the more brilliant above a blanket of white; the snow itself turns interesting shades of lavender and gray as the light fades. One evening while watching a winter sunset I saw a southeast-flying plane appear to be on a collision course with a north

An Easter Reflection from Noble Nature In my spiritual tradition this is the Easter season. I was traveling over the Easter holiday, so this reflection will come to you mid-week. Are we allowed to pause in the middle of the work week, with its persistent imperative that we be all about doing rather than being, to reflect on ultimate things? I hope so! Whatever Easter might mean to you or me, it seems that it has something to do with death and rebirth. In the natural world, th