Autumn equinox happens on Wednesday (September 22) at 1:21 PM Mountain Time. (Find the time for your location here.) The Equinoxes – both spring and fall – are a time when day and night are of equal length. It is one of only two moments in the year when the sun is directly over the … Read more
Summer Garden Mindfulness A summer garden is the most natural place to practice mindfulness. The overflowing scents, colors, and beauty help us focus. However, it is easy to be distracted in your own garden noticing all the tasks calling to you. If your garden is like mine in mid-summer it is bursting with edibles, flowers, … Read more
Great Expectations Spring is full of hope, imagination, and great expectations. Now that we are reasonably sure that Denver’s last frost has passed, everything is greening out. And gardens seem to be popping up everywhere when I walk through my neighborhood. Very cool! In my yard, the pear tree is adorned with … Read more
It’s spring! While most of us were sleeping, the earth came into balance in its travels around the sun. At 3:36 AM Mountain Time it reached a place of neither tilting toward the sun or away. It’s the Spring Equinox. Our culture makes it hard to attune to celestial events as there is a … Read more
How does a mindfulness scavenger hunt work? Unlike a regular scavenger hunt the, goal is NOT to hurry or to necessarily find everything on the list. Find what you can. The practice is to notice, engage, appreciate, and cultivate wonder for the natural world. If you deepen your connection by taking time with anyone of … Read more
Lately, I have been immersed in three different historical books, and the long history of misery inflicted by other humans is sad and unsettling. It can make one weary of the behavior of other people, and in need of a respite. That’s when I head to my garden sanctuary. Humans have created all kinds … Read more
Equinox as a Time of Balance Autumn equinox occurs at 7:30 MT on Tuesday September 22. Day and night are equal at this moment as the earth jouneys around the sun. Traditionally it is a time to celebrate and be grateful for the harvest, but equinox is also about balance. A successful garden is a … Read more
It would be odd if we had to explain why it’s not a good idea to plant a garden on top of a toxic dump. It is a commonsense sort of thing. Toxic chemicals in the soil may prevent anything from growing. The plants that do germinate will be stressed and susceptible to disease … Read more
Viral Overload I don’t know about you, but I am weary of seeing the super magnified coronavirus molecule everywhere I turn. Certainly, we want to be informed citizens, but we are awash in scary images and language, sometimes without any real content. Rather than feeling informed, the overload can invoke a lot of fear … Read more
One weekend a month, from March to October, I lead mindfulness walks at Bluff Lake Nature Center. But the walks have been temporarily suspended because of the pandemic. The nature center is open so that people can exercise, but social distancing makes it hard to lead a mindfulness walk. Shouting instructions across 6 feet … Read more
