How Kayaking Taught Me to Be Present and Trust The Flow of Life

How Kayaking Taught Me to Be Present and Trust The Flow of Life

Photo by Snake V. on Unsplash Encountering nature from the perspective of being on water, every sense fully attuned, focuses us in the present and brings unexpected gifts for living. Four years ago, when the newly emerged Covid virus was constraining every part of our...
The Dog Days of Summer

The Dog Days of Summer

Dog Days of Summer Laura Emerson Alaskauu1.blogspot.com Alaskauu1.substack.com Log Cabin Reflections Kindle book on Amazon about her life off-grid in a remote part of Alaska   The most urban of urbanites, who would not be caught dead beyond the highways and high...
Nature’s Mathematics

Nature’s Mathematics

The Golden Ratio, Fibonacci, & Nature’s Spirals – 5-28-24   The real world is beautiful to our senses, mathematics is beautiful to our thinking, and each type of apprehension enhances the beauty of the other – the whole is greater than the sum of its parts....
Ursula Le Guin’s Message and a Religious Naturalist’s Response

Ursula Le Guin’s Message and a Religious Naturalist’s Response

The Sorceress poster Ursula Le Guin is one of the best known Science Fiction writers of all time. Interestingly, much of her fame is relatively recent which I take to mean that her ideas are still relevant in today’s world. There is a video on YouTube called The...