In Nature, There Are No Straight Lines When I fly into a city, what strikes me most are all the straight lines: long grids of streets and highways bisected at neat 90 degree angles, set with rectangular buildings, miles of telephone wires and railroad tracks.   This...

Photo by Jan Canty on Unsplash. The Epiphanies of Driving on Country Roads The allure of the world in its natural state is a call to slow down, take the road less traveled, and be present. Road trips. They’re as much a part of summer as beach umbrellas and s’mores...

Was Evolution on Earth Probable? On Earth, the sense of sight evolved in response to light, particularly to reflected light.Was (and is) that evolution inevitable? No. Is it probable? Yes, and the evidence is that we know the eye evolved independently in many...

What Is Value?Money doesn't grow on trees is a belief we are given whilst very young.  It tells the story of having to ‘work for the man’ rather than work with nature. This old belief system couldn't be more wrong, if I look around me at abundance I see money on trees...

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...

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...