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  • Natural CommunitiesThis section honors our native plants and animals and the diverse and beautiful habitats in which they live. It includes an article on Drawing the Natural Gardens of North Carolina and selected illustrations of mountain, piedmont, and coastal plain habitats. I hope these drawings of the sacred natural communities where I live will inspire you to savor the wild lands where you live and help to conserve them.
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Sacred Trees: Rag Tree, Rock Tree, Witch Tree
3 Aug 2019

Sacred Trees: Rag Tree, Rock Tree, Witch Tree

by Betty Lou Chaika | posted in: Pilgrimage Stories | 34

When people are asked about memorable childhood experiences in nature, time spent with or in a special tree is often mentioned. In my beloved grandmother’s backyard there was a wide-spreading sugar maple that was also, somehow, my grandmother. This was … Continued

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