It seems to me that some glimpses of beauty call to be seen in defined frames. During the recent long and stunning Autumn, I recorded many such instances during ordinary walks in ordinary settings.

    The first time in October that I hiked at my favorite Minnesota lake, the foliage glowed, but the environment had lost its summer song. The bugs were gone, and silence emanated an intense peace. Long amber strands of...

I see the prairie first as I pull in the public parking lot of a lakeside, regional Minnesota park. Every week the colors have changed. Today I don’t even go into the woods because the prairie captures me with her...

Robins evaded my camera.  They chose the quietest spots striped with shade along an asphalt trail to forage. Cottonwood seeds lined the trail and clover continued the white lace pattern in adjacent grass. This looked like the place for a...

An unofficial path meanders from lakeshore, to hillside, and across a meadow. The smell of humus hangs suspended. The trail keeps drawing my attention downward so as not to stumble among Wild Sarsaparillas and Wood Anemones. the thrill of the...

The skinny trail I walk enhances my awe of the Mississippi. Water licks the shore three feet to my right. The trail fades to open forest floor. I look up, and am dazzled by the canopy of bright May. Massive...

“Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world.”   –  Tao Te Ching, Chapter 28 Food is grown in the valley. Animals find water there and thrive. A town in a valley benefits from the lush...

“Man is ruled by Earth. Earth is ruled by Heaven. Heaven is ruled by the Way. The Way is ruled by itself.”   –  Tao Te Ching, Chapter 25 Like ancient Christians, Taoists conceive of heaven as the spiritual realm. Westerners...

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.                           – Matthew 5:9 If offspring are the same species as their parents, then peacemakers are fledgling gods. Since making peace is almost impossible, this makes sense. Efforts...

“Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.”   Matthew 5:8 As a Jungian psychotherapist, I work with people to help them understand their dreams. In the Jungian framework, symbols of wholeness in dreams are sometimes understood as...