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Author Archives: Priscilla Stuckey, PhD
An ending…and a beginning
After seven years, I am drawing This Lively Earth to a close. I have started a new blog called Nature :: Spirit, where I will continue some nature spirituality threads begun here and introduce others. The first post explains why … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth spirituality, matter-spirit, nature & spirituality
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Finding gratitude before breakfast
The Earth has completed a full turn around the sun since, inspired by the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, I set the intention to offer gratitude to everyone in the natural world every day, first thing in the morning, for a year. … Continue reading
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Tagged animism, attitudes toward nature, birds, climate change, cosmology, global warming, gratitude, thanking nature, Thanksgiving Address, trees, wildflowers
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Listening to Nature as Source
We just passed the longest day of the year and are now into summer. Happy Solstice! In my Santa Fe yard the Rocky Mountain penstemon (Penstemon strictus) of late spring is giving way to the firewheel (Gaillardia aristata) of summertime. … Continue reading
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Tagged nature & spirituality, shamanism
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20 million cheatgrass seeds
It’s cheatgrass time in Santa Fe, and beside every street those foot-tall seas of delicate green seed heads are waving in the May breezes. Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is bad news. Or it is thought to be. Called the “scourge“ … Continue reading
It’s all a gift
Here in Santa Fe the pink apricot buds are swelling, and finches are nibbling hungrily at the fresh buds. Spring is coming! Though with more frost on the way we may not see ripe apricots this year, at the moment … Continue reading
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Healing from Bell’s palsy
The facial paralysis arrived overnight and crept away stealthily. Though my case was quite severe—nearly complete paralysis on the left side—in only two and a half weeks my face had healed to the point of a normal smile; the impairment … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell's palsy, gentleness, healing, joy, music and healing, nature and healing, self-acceptance
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