Animals
- Dog Play, Pig Play
The sun rose yesterday morning with the promise of anotherSpring-like day. Blue sky, bright light, birds singing in the tree tops...the only thing snapping me quickly back into reality was the crunch of frozen snow beneathmy cleated muck boots. I wasn't...
- The Sounds Of Silence
I listened to a fascinating segment on NPR yesterday that talked about the soundsof our world.They talked about how sound can be divided into three groups. Geophony...which is the sounds of the earth...wind in trees, babbling brooks, thunder, etc.Biophony......
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Zenobia Barlow, “Confluence of Streams” "Children are born with a sense of wonder and an affinity for Nature. Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into sustainable patterns of living." Thomas...
- A Moment
How many of us go about our tasks each day deep in thought and not truly aware of what is around us? We spend so much time in our own thoughts and not truly engaged in the world. And then at the end of the day, we don't remember much of anything striking...
- Back To Basics... My Thoughts
Life at the farm hums on...the perpetual cycle continues. Each and every day I am privileged and thankful to be a part of that. Before sunrise I awaken to the song of the resident cardinals and as dawn creeps through the wood, listen as the rest of the...
Animals
Do You Need a Dose?
When is the last time you stood and watched the sun rise or set?
Felt the leaves crunch beneath your feet as you walk through the woods?
Spent a half of an hour watching a butterfly float from flower to flower?
Climbed a tree?
Listened to the birds, identifying their songs?
When is the last time you felt the grass on your back as you found pictures in the clouds?
We have become a society that is tuned in, turned on...
on our smart phones, ipads, computers more hours than not.
Our senses are bombarded with music, television, emails, text messages...
all sorts of media stimulation,
and yes, overload.
Richard Louv in his 2005 book entitled "The Last Child in The Woods"
described a condition that many of us suffer from.
"Nature Deficit Disorder"
With our lives that have become so immersed in technology,
we suffer from attention deficit disorders and mood disorders...
most likely rooted in the fact that we never slow down,
we never relax,
we never use our imaginations,
anymore.
Unless....
we are seated in front of a screen
with artificial stimulation filling our senses.
Our children spend their precious free time engaged in organized activities,
television, and computers...
not in imaginative, creative outdoor play.
Somehow, to me, in our quest to make life easier,
through electronic conveniences,
we have done just the opposite.
Are we happy?
The television ads tell us we are depressed.
Our lives are complicated, stressful, less satisfying.
We are disengaged from our earth, except in concept!
Truly......
how much time do we really spend actually touching our earth,
seeing it, smelling it, hearing it
without the bombardment of technology.
Richard Louv's premise is that our children will suffer for this.
I would have to agree.
I am sure that you, too, agree with me...
and I am sure that I am "preaching to the choir".
We need to get back to basics,
back to nature,
and back to ourselves...
human beings who are children of this earth.
We need a daily dose of....
Nature.
I challenge you.
Unplug...
even if for only a day.
Or better yet, for a part of every day.
Go outside.
Go for a walk.
Turn off your brain.
Turn on your senses.
Remember....
what is important...
in life...
to life....
is life.
You can find life....outside.
So smile...
and have a great weekend!
- Dog Play, Pig Play
The sun rose yesterday morning with the promise of anotherSpring-like day. Blue sky, bright light, birds singing in the tree tops...the only thing snapping me quickly back into reality was the crunch of frozen snow beneathmy cleated muck boots. I wasn't...
- The Sounds Of Silence
I listened to a fascinating segment on NPR yesterday that talked about the soundsof our world.They talked about how sound can be divided into three groups. Geophony...which is the sounds of the earth...wind in trees, babbling brooks, thunder, etc.Biophony......
-
Zenobia Barlow, “Confluence of Streams” "Children are born with a sense of wonder and an affinity for Nature. Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into sustainable patterns of living." Thomas...
- A Moment
How many of us go about our tasks each day deep in thought and not truly aware of what is around us? We spend so much time in our own thoughts and not truly engaged in the world. And then at the end of the day, we don't remember much of anything striking...
- Back To Basics... My Thoughts
Life at the farm hums on...the perpetual cycle continues. Each and every day I am privileged and thankful to be a part of that. Before sunrise I awaken to the song of the resident cardinals and as dawn creeps through the wood, listen as the rest of the...