Living Our Profound Humanity in a Digital Age
When OpenAI released ChatGPT to the general public in November 2022, I was reluctant to be drawn into the hype. In fact, it was several years before I asked ChatGPT…
Hope is Happening: Centering Resilience, Recovery and Healing
One morning, a couple weeks ago, an Instagram post caught my eye: “After decades of decline, Africa’s elephant mega-herds are making a comeback across southern Africa.”1 Really?? I shook my…
From Loss to Renewal: Reimagining our Landscape
Gratitude for What Was On October 15, a row of septuagenarian spruce trees that defined the Eastern edge of our property came down in one day. The serious forest fire…
The Art of Downsizing and Decluttering
In today's ecologically conscious world, downsizing and decluttering have gained significant traction. Two popular methods for this are the KonMari Method, popularized by Japanese consultant Marie Kondo, and Swedish Death…
Healing the Earth with Rewilding
Let the great rewilding of the world begin with you Let yourself be absorbed into something larger and Less tame than your isolated self. (Lorraine Anderson) Recently a heading in…
The Landscape: Nature and Emotions
I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, 'This is what it is to be happy.' - Sylvia Plath, writer, in The Bell…
Hope for the Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River
62 Ferry Road, Christchurch, New Zealand is well remembered by the many Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions as they made their novitiate there, the second convent home of…