I've often used this website to write observances about nature but in recent years, it's become a journal of sorts. This is one of those posts. More and more I witness people bewildered by the length of the month January. "How is it still January?" they say. "This day has felt like a week." "I…
And so the snow began to fall and drift to the brown grass, covering it in a winter's blanket. We have been lucky to have a few good snows during the last few months and plenty of cold weather, but it still has remained relatively mild compared to previous winters. Now it is March and…
It is a typical gray November day. The air is bitter and heavy with woodsmoke, the ground having just melted away the last of the heavy frost, and sweaters are now the normal every day wardrobe. In the past few weeks, I have found myself with holiday burnout before the holidays have even truly begun.…
A few years ago I was in therapy for anxiety, and I'm in therapy again, and an area we worked on was getting myself to take into full consideration the present. To be more mindful in my day-to-day activities so that I would not be as crippled with anxiety over possibilities in the future. It…
January descended upon the Finger Lakes with heavy snow. One snowstorm followed another, although we truthfully didn't get many. The temperatures remained low, and the snow remained on the ground. Too high for play, we stayed indoors. When I look at the past few months, I find myself at a loss for words. How do…
Continue reading ➞ Wild & Precious Life – End of Winter/Start of Spring 2021
End of summer and beginning of autumn life update can be read here. As so much of this year has been filled with uncertainty and unknowing, with the shadow of worry close at hand, that feeling unsurprisingly poured into our holiday seasons but no holiday greater than Halloween. How would we celebrate Halloween? What would…
More times than not, I write on my Instagram. It's where I share most of my photos and will often write quick blurbs in the description that are much longer than what most people write in theirs, and often I lend far too much meaning to an area most people scroll past. I've wanted to…
In this age of the world wide web being at the fingertips of nearly all, I have found that everyone has an opinion they wish to share about every event in our lives whether personal or global. It's that understanding that left me hesitant to write an update for these last few months. What have…
Hibernate verb1: to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state2: to be or become inactive or dormanthttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hibernate The moment spring weather arrives, I am out the door with a sweater, eager to suck in the fresh air and find what weeds have bloomed tiny, bright flowers that match my excitement for the change…
Since posting last, we celebrated Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's--a first as our family of three. Bruce and I were so ready for the winter months so that we would have more time to focus inward and accomplish projects around home that we had previously ignored. We didn't realize how quickly winter would come…
Continue reading ➞ Wild and Precious Life – End of 2019/New Year
There is something about a full moon over white snow that seems to be magic. The moonlight takes on a blue quality, the snow even has a tendency to glimmer in the low light, and the shadows of the bare tree-limbs stretch over the landscape like clawed fingers. It's in this type of moonlit night…
Please Note: An edited version of this piece will be featured in the Autumn issue of Bella Grace magazine. More details to follow. In my childhood, autumn was sweaters and boots and jeans. Sometimes, autumn was winter jackets a puffing our breath into the air to pretend we were dragons. But always, it began at…
Erica Rose Eberhart 