Posted: March 27, 2024
Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd. It was begun in 1970, sparked by an idea from Senator Gaylord Nelson, the junior senator from Wisconsin. For a long time he had been concerned about the deteriorating environment in the United States. With the help of a lot of people, the first Earth Day became
Posted: December 21, 2022
If you live in a neighborhood where there are quite a few trees growing outside, you probably live in a community that is healthier than places without many trees. You can celebrate that fact this Christmas season by putting Christmas tree ornaments on a tree in your yard! A new study led by the United
Posted: February 5, 2022
Here’s an activity for a quiet day in your yard. It’s for a day when you don’t feel like being really active. Maybe you don’t feel well, but you don’t want to stay inside. Or maybe you would like to use your imagination. If you have trees in your yard, choose one of
Posted: December 21, 2021
I have been learning about an amazing woman named Diana Beresford-Kroeger. She was born in England in 1944. Her father was British, and her mother was Irish. She eventually wrote a book about her life. Published in 2019 by Random House Canada, the book is called To Speak for the Trees: My Life’s Journey from
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Tags: botany, breathe, Celtic, County Cork, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, fulvic acid, humic acid, Ireland, leaves, Lisheens Valley, marine buffet, orphan, oxygen, phytoplankton, trees
Posted: October 27, 2021
It’s fun to get to know trees. It’s fun to climb in them, to sit near them and enjoy their shade. It’s fun to watch birds flit in and out of their branches and squirrels scamper along their trunks. Just like people, trees eventually get old. Sometimes they get hollow inside. Then they could fall
Posted: September 29, 2021
With fall colors beautifying the landscape, some people drive through mountains, where spectacular bursts of color cloak many trees. For people who can’t or don’t want to travel, there are easier ways to see the changing colors. Yesterday, I took a walk along the riverine corridor through part of Farmington, New Mexico, where I live.
Posted: July 2, 2021
When I wrote my recent children’s fiction picture book, If I Were a Tree, What Would I Be?, I drew on experiences I’d had over several years with many different trees. The book tells about two children who love trees. They can hear them with their hearts. They make friends with a cottonwood. The tree
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Tags: bend, changes, children, communicating, connect, cooperation, difficulties, fiction, flow, friends, hearts, hope, moving, picture book, trees
Posted: May 18, 2021
If you are feeling a little blah, there’s an easy way to fix that. Spend 20 minutes walking or playing among trees. Just 20 minutes will help you start to feel better. How cool is that! If you don’t have trees anywhere nearby, just spend time outside in the yard or in a park with
Posted: March 4, 2021
Have you ever had one of those days when nothing went right? Your sister, brother or friend acted upset or even a little mean. Your mom or dad didn’t have time to listen to you tell them something important. For a reason you couldn’t grasp, you felt sad or out of sorts. We’ve all had
Posted: January 7, 2021
Have you ever felt like you couldn’t sleep? Have images come into your mind that made you feel afraid, threatened or ill at ease for a reason you couldn’t grasp? When things like that happen, even though you might not know why you are ill at ease, that is a time to reach out to
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Tags: afraid, alert, encouragement, focus, ill at ease, love, meditation, message, repeat message, sleep, support, trees, wisdom
