Tag Archives: Nature nurtures

Guiding-Light

I recently read that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s mother passed away when Ruth was just 17 years old and she continues to be an inspiring guide for Justice Ginsburg.  She keeps a picture of her hanging in her chambers. I really have felt the  presence of my mom since her passing three years […]
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Beauty and peace in nature

Last week I took a short trip over to Vashon Island.  The weather was far from perfect, but it felt so right to me early one morning. The sun peeking in through the clouds from the east, the twinkling lights of the jets landing and taking off at Sea-Tac, and the call of the morning […]
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Natures visual images reduce stress

My siblings and I spent many weekends and summers playing in the woods of central Illinois. My sister and I could tread water in the “lakes” for hours. We would watch the water spider’s race across the surface of the lake. Then we would hop in our rowboat and head down the lake to find […]
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