Editor’s Desk: Spinning Plates
Yesterday, as I was leaving my office, I noticed a greeting card on the floor. I have no idea how it got there but intuited that it was my invisible guides ringing the doorbell of my consciousness. The front of the card was a picture of a sleeping cat. It…
Editor’s Desk: In Our Backyards
Constance Miles is a dear friend and poet. Recently she sent a poem, West Country, which describes her back yard teeming with life. West County To escape the heat, I don’t emerge until dusk, like a hummingbird moth, flitting from flower to flower. I deadhead roses, dahlias, snapdragons, gather…
Editor’s Desk: Our Animal Companions: Kindred Spirits
Humans are not a “stand-alone” species but are interconnected to all life in unseen ways. The diversity of life exists everywhere. It even surrounds our homes. Just look out your window and you’ll see an abundance of nature. You’ll see birds, flowers, spider webs, squirrels, moths flying around porch lights,…
Editor’s Desk: Spirit Lives in the Flow
Recently I came across an old CD of some excerpts that Michael and I picked out in 1990. As a listener to New Dimensions, you’ve heard me say that one of my prayers is to notice the signals coming from spirit. So, with curiosity as to what I might find…
Editor’s Desk: Camber and the Pack Rat
As I read and prepare for my upcoming interview with Margaret Renkl, author of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, my memory synapses are triggered with images of my own personal encounters with wildlife. For instance, Renkl writes of her time—in what she describes as less than a…
Editor’s Desk: Excerpt from Dougald Hine’s new book At Work in the Ruins
A friend sent me this article which led me to request permission to reprint it. I find Dougald’s words deeply comforting because I believe he is going to the heart of what I call these “liquifying” times. When I use the term liquifying I’m referring to the caterpillar that must liquify before…
JOIN JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS ON THE PEACE ON EARTH BOOK CLUB
On Sunday, May 7 at 9:00 A.M. Pacific time I’ll be joining Barbara Gaughen-Muller as a guest on the Peace on Earth Book Club. We’ll be highlighting the following volumes from Robert’s book Most of All They Taught Me Happiness: Lessons from Adulthood, Lessons from Nature, Lessons From My Elders…
Editor’s Desk: Activism Without Driving Ourselves Crazy
We all know that there’s so much to do because the challenges in these times are great. Even though we want to be of help we can easily feel overwhelmed and feel small in the face of it all. Business leader John Renesch gives this sound advice. “Start where we…
Editor’s Desk: Women’s Circle with Emma as Guide
Listening to the earthy tones and rhythms in the music of the women of Ghana takes me back to a very special gathering of friends. It was a day when a light breeze of warm air played with the tall summer grasses, cicadas chirping their happy sounds, and butterflies reflecting…
Editor’s Desk: Do you remember your dreams?
It’s said that dream images come from our unconscious pool of wisdom and there’s much personal insight to be gained when we pay attention to our night murmurings in our dream time. In November 2022 we aired an interview I had with dream expert Linda Yael Schiller. She told us…
