When I was about 15 years old, I had just moved from Montana to the Tempe area and I was doing some deep soul searching. I was finding ways of connecting to a place of peace within myself and learning how tame the monsters in my complicated, teenage mind. One day while walking around Kiwanis [...]
Verge of Extinction; Self-Love
One day I decided to give the boys some home lessons on American plants and animals that are endangered and on the brink extinction. We learned about the American chestnut tee (and its revival), the Texas Golden Gladecress, the Crimson Hawaiian Damselfyl, The Grey Wolf, American Bison, the West Indian Manatee, we even discovered the [...]
Revisit: Feed the Buddha, Love the Bees
This is a post that I wrote a while ago, however, I invite you to take the time to revisit it, as the messages it holds are ones that have been speaking to me much again these days. I feel that often we read something or study something and digest it too quickly, only to [...]