nature

With the first step out of the car, the feeling of early spring at about 1000 meters in the mountains is palpable. Despite the drought, the small reservoir is about…

The most urgent question, which neither science nor philosophy are truly asking, pertains to the relationship between humans and nature. Specifically, how did Homo sapiens, which evolved along with all…

Self-awareness and sentience are difficult terms. Even scientists can’t agree on the difference between self-awareness and consciousness.  So what is the distinction between awareness of self, self-awareness and self-knowing?  

Memory doesn’t just permeate our consciousness; it is our consciousness. And when the movement of psychological memory stops, consciousness has a completely different quality.

It was a very windy day, with gusts approaching 75 kilometers per hour. You would think the hummingbirds would be hunkered down somewhere. But a small fleet of them put…

After over 24 hours of hard rain, and despite an ongoing steady downpour, we entered the parkland for a walk, carrying umbrellas and bundled against the chill. Crossing the footbridge,…

Despite the chill, damp and heavy, rain-bearing clouds, I manage a not too uncomfortable hour-long sitting a quarter mile downstream from Cedar Grove. It’s a strange thing to take a…

The green waters of the reservoir are like glass. On the surrounding ridges, motionless pines tower over the man-made lake, and reflect off the surface of the water with mirror-like…