Linda Hoffman: ‘Walking the Land: Returning Home’

May 19, 2020 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Nature Leave a Comment

The latest blog post by Linda Hoffman from Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard, Mass. ‘Man in a Maze’ basket by Pima people

Tom Sexton’s ‘Glacier’: A New Poem

April 29, 2020 by PaulM Posted in Poetry, Literature, Nature 1 Comment

(web photo courtesy of juneautours) Glacier by Tom Sexton We stood on the deck of a ferry at dawn fifty years ago and felt the cold breath of a glacier that was mirrored in the icy water. Harbor seals disappeared as we approached. When the air…

Simple Pleasures by Linda Hoffman

April 24, 2020 by DickH Posted in Nature 2 Comments

The following by Linda Hoffman was originally posted on her own blog, Welcome to Apples, Art, and Spirit!, and is reposted here with Linda’s permission. Simple Pleasures By Linda Hoffman “I nurture simplicity among the gardens and fields” —Chinese farmer and poet, T’ao Chien, 365-427 C.E. These days, many of…