Here are some reflections on our 2017 pilgrimage to Ireland in which we realize that it is the intersection of community, art and landscape that creates such unparalled beauty. Our first morning home from Ireland I awoke with this dream: … Continued
The moss garden is a place of healing. If I’m tired and do some moss-weeding I feel rejuvenated. I call it “bending to the green” and feel like I’m bathing in green endorphins. Lying on the soft bed of moss … Continued
Three days before Winter Solstice / We sit on your bench, my friend, / Overlooking bare-limbed woods, / New Hope Creek shining silver in / An arc of pools below. / I tell you my Winter Solstice ritual /These days is to watch the sunrise, / Sing to it, and mark its farthest / Point of standstill / Before turning . . .
My husband and I have known for some time, ever since we received notice from the BIA and a genealogy chart, that he is descended from Ojibwe people on his father’s side, but we didn’t realize he had any close … Continued
These illustrations are of native habitats that I consider to be not only beautiful, but sacred and to be treasured. The drawings are double page spreads reminiscent of a sketchbook. Green Swamp Savanna, Shaken Creek Savanna, and Roadside Wildflowers are … Continued
These double-page drawings are from a field sketchbook of North Carolina native habitats and natural communities in the coastal plain, piedmont, and mountain regions of the state. Each drawing shows characteristic details of each habitat on a particular day and … Continued
This is a report on Drawing the Natural Gardens of North Carolina combining art and ecology for the Certificate in Native Plant Studies. It contains descriptions of the habitats as well as how to visit them.
We are celebrating Autumn Equinox with rituals on two beautiful Donegal beaches in Ireland. On the day before the Equinox we found ourselves on a cliff-side beach full of black and white stones that seemed to symbolize the balance of … Continued
We are excited that all these butterflies and skippers have been visiting the flowers in our newly created Pollinator Garden in Chapel Hill, North Carolina!
A Dances of Universal Peace dance, the Choctaw and Irish people, a sculptural monument, and a humble ceremony. How do these all come together? Here’s the story: Two of our beloved DUP leaders, Larry Taylor and Lynda Aiman-Smith, created the … Continued