It’s near dusk, and the parkland is teeming with Cooper’s hawks. One of the large, brown, stipple-winged raptors takes off from the path ahead of me with some small animal…
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An early morning rain, the first real rain in a few months, completely changed the atmosphere along the creek. In a single day, the season went from summer to autumn.…
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The cycles of birth and death in nature fold into the timeless present as I sit on the bank overlooking the stream. When thought completely stops in undirected attention, nature…
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Climate Change and the Crisis of Consciousness
by Martin LeFevre 2019/08/19The man-made ecological crisis includes climate change, oceanic pollution and depletion, and the “Sixth Extinction” of animals and plants, among other devastations. This crisis defines our age, and threatens to…
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It’s a day that will reach 40 degrees Celsius. Walking in the morning through the brown grass in the canyon beyond town is at once exhilarating and enervating. One cannot…
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Physicists and astronomers hubristically seek a “theory of everything.” But here’s a truth few scientists will admit: Our knowledge of the universe can never be complete and will never make…
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As you read this article, please enjoy: ‘Magic Fantasy – A Witch’s Tale’ music for your reading pleasure. ‘Matter is energy, Energy is Light, We are all light beings.’ Albert…
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Motivation and Drive Are Very Different Things
by Martin LeFevre 2019/02/04It’s mid-afternoon, and there’s a break in the latest series of storms off the Pacific. The sun pokes through the heavy clouds and gleams off the swollen creek. Thanks to…