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The Sacred Depths of Nature
Extensively revised and in full color. Each chapter begins with an accessible story about the dynamics of Nature: the origins of the universe, the planet, and life; the workings of cells and organisms; the patterns of biological evolution and the resultant...

From Birds to Boulders
Between Birdsong and Boulder - Poems on the life of Gaia Between Birdsong and Boulder (https://birdsongboulder.com/) is a collection of poems that covers the science-based story of the cosmos in lyric form. It follows the arc of life on Earth personified by Gaia – her...

RNA Newsletter – June 2024

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
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
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
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...

RNA Newsletter – May 2024

RNA Newsletter – April 2024

Landscape
Landscapes evolve over seasons, centuries, and eons. I live in a valley shaped by glaciers that flowed sinuously down from the peaks of the Alaska Range 200 miles north of me. We can estimate the glaciers’ thickness by the mountains on either side of the valley. ...

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