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Author Archives: Priscilla Stuckey, PhD
Spring snows
The view out my window this morning: The whiplash spring of the Colorado Front Range is in full force. A couple days ago it was nearly 70F, with violets and crocuses peeping through the grass, but just a day or … Continue reading
Words and trees
This week is spring break at the college where I teach, and I’m enjoying a respite from the endless flow of words. (Ironic that I sit down to write a blog post.) For a person who deals in words, I … Continue reading
Posted in nature, spirituality
Tagged animism, attitudes toward nature, cosmology, language, science and religion, trees
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Radicalized by a creek
A story in today’s San Francisco Chronicle pasted a huge smile on my face. It’s about the Butters Canyon Conservancy in Oakland, California, which recently passed a significant milestone—sealing the deal on the last for-sale property along a green stretch … Continue reading
A peace of eagles
Some decades ago the American poet and producer James Lipton revived interest in an old word tradition—giving fanciful names to groups of animals. An Exaltation of Larks explored how English hunters and word lovers in the fifteenth century pursued with … Continue reading
Posted in nature, spirituality, writing
Tagged attitudes toward animals, bald eagles, writing
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Beside the White River
I caught my first-ever glimpse of Arkansas this week—a quick trip to attend a wedding in Calico Rock, in the Arkansas Ozarks at the far north of the state. Beautiful country! We stayed in a cabin peeking between trees, perched … Continue reading