Intimations and Murmurations
AT THE CHURCH O’THE PINES THIS WEEK, there have been stirrings among the congregation. Intimations and murmurations. There have been rumblings. No one knows for certain the reason for this disquiet.
Bonsai of the Day: Juniper
BONSAI TREES SYMBOLIZE A NUMBER OF GOOD THINGS… Peace, harmony, balance, simplicity, an order of thoughts, and all that is good in nature.
Thoughts the Book ‘Things Trees Know’
WOOD’S LORE: STAYING WITH THE RECENT THEME OF OUR FRIENDS THE TREES, here are some thoughts from my book, ‘Things Trees Know.’
Wilderness Expeditions of the Past
IT’S LATE FEBRUARY, Groundhogs Day and Valentine’s are in the rearview mirror, the sun is getting high and the days are getting longer. So naturally, a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of…canoes! Wilderness expeditions of the past and new adventures planned for the coming summer. The Mississippi along the front yard is still ice-covered, but it won’t be long
Gospel of Rocks
SOMETIMES, WHEN LIFE IS DIFFICULT OR TIMES ARE VERY CHALLENGING, or the wind seems steadily against you, perspective is a helpful thing.
Things Trees Know
SOMETIMES, IN A TIME OF TRAGEDY OR ANGUISH—personal or familial or national—the most that one can accomplish is to carry on, to persevere, to endure.
Wood’s Lore
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North Woods Trip
ABOUT 1.1 BILLION YEARS AGO NORTH AMERICA TRIED TO SPLIT IN TWO. The split failed but left behind a great rift or chasm of boiling igneous rock, which extruded to the surface.
Groundhog Day
IT IS A FINE AND EXCELLENT MORNING AT THE CHURCH O’ THE PINES. The sun comes up over the edge of the earth as it has every morning for about 4.5 billion years.
Welcoming an Infrequent Church Member
TODAY THE CHURCH O’ THE PINES IS ONCE AGAIN GRAY and overcast. But temperatures are mild and welcoming out in the church aisles among the pines. And the congregation is active.