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Celebrating Earth and All Our Fleeting Lives

Celebrating Earth and All Our Fleeting Lives

by Shirin McArthur | Apr 27, 2020 | Nature and Seasons, Society and Culture

This past week, many of us celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day. The early years of this movement led to the passage of powerful environmental legislation that the current American administration is working hard to undo, despite the very real threats posed...
Millions of Years and Counting

Millions of Years and Counting

by Shirin McArthur | Mar 3, 2019 | Nature and Seasons, Spiritual Life

The Grand Canyon celebrated one hundred years as a national park last week. As I mentioned in my prior post, we visited recently—two weeks before all the centennial festivities. While it might have been fun to be there for the celebration, somehow that century seems...
One Human Flock at the Grand Canyon

One Human Flock at the Grand Canyon

by Shirin McArthur | Feb 24, 2019 | Conscious Living, Nature and Seasons, Society and Culture

This past week was spring break back east, and our younger son and his family visited for their annual winter migration south. They expected warmth, but Arizona greeted them with rain and snow! We had planned a trip to the Grand Canyon and were very fortunate that our...
Flock Together and Seek Abundance

Flock Together and Seek Abundance

by Shirin McArthur | Feb 17, 2019 | Nature and Seasons, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life

Last week, in my post on the state of our various unions, I included an image of a flock of snow geese. It seemed an appropriate image to illustrate the color and nature of the conformity I saw in one portion of the congressional audience at the State of the Union...
Venturing into the Unknown

Venturing into the Unknown

by Shirin McArthur | Sep 30, 2018 | Conscious Living, Spiritual Life, Writing Life

Twilight is a powerful time—liminal space between light and dark. We can’t see clearly as twilight envelops us. Familiar landscapes become unrecognizable. If we step out, it is into the unknown. Our modern world does not like twilight. Just look at those photos of the...
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