I was sitting by a little stream, facing it, and above me to my right I could hear it tinkling, like the treble keys of a piano. And to my left, downstream, like the bass end of the piano, I could hear it gurgling.  By virtue of its sound, itContinue Reading

Imagine, always having barely more than enough, seldom less than enough. How you could enjoy hours on the beach? On a ranch? On a mountain? Strumming your guitar? Making love? Exploring ideas? When they are enough, all these contemplative practices become so much more beautiful, and not because of theirContinue Reading

A typical definition of an ecosystem is “a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.” Such definitions are focused upon ecosystems in all their material interconnectedness: this eats that, and its excrement feeds them, and so these grow while those decay, and so on in a myriad ofContinue Reading