Tag: Tree

The Void I was thinking this morning about the void — how it’s gotten such a bad reputation. Yesterday, when I started day #8, I realized I’d run out of ideas. I didn’t know what to draw next. I hadn’t a clue of what to do, only I’d committed to doing something...

On a walk Searching for a refuge I found a tree I sat myself down On a jumper on damp grass, a few crisp leaves — autumn beginning to make an appearance. Sitting, I looked. My chin ninety degrees to the floor, I stared straight out at a hill (What I call my mountain) In the distan...

In the 60s, Los Angeles was a mecca for alternative religions and new age thinking. Spiritual teachers like Ram Dass and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (the Beatles’ guru) attracted crowds while Hindu guru Paramahansa Yogananda likened L.A. to Benares, India’s holiest city. Riding this spiritual ...

We all know that woodpeckers have sturdy beaks which lets them drill through tree trunks. They make nests in those holes. But I was not aware of granary trees made by woodpeckers. Whats that? First I read in blogs and saw pictures of different tree trunks and branches with holes stuffed with o...

Hawai‘i was once home to over 750 species of terrestrial snails — one of the most stunning examples of species radiations in the world. But over the years, these unique Hawai‘i species have been declining due to invasive predators, habitat destruction, and over collection. The e...

Claire here and boy have I got a juicy little subject I want to dive into, Kabbalah Tree of Life! This mystical treasure is the rabbit hole that I hope you’re willing to follow me down into because it’s going to be a wild and transformative journey within. So, grab a cuppa whatever you f...

Just past midnight, 27-year-old Mackie, her younger cousin Keith, and a man named Victor John Louie left a house party. Their initial aim was seemingly harmless: to retrieve unused roofing tin for a local elder. Yet, as is common in true crime tales, a seemingly harmless aim veered into something mo...

We’d planned to visit our niece and spend our days in Los Angeles treating her and her two sets of twins to some fun auntie/uncle time. Sadly, at least one of the kids had a fever during our entire visit and we never got a glimpse of any of them. Someting was going around, and I caught it, ...

Hinduism has strong roots in astrology. We believe that everything is related to planetary positions as we are a part of the same universe. The planets affect the aura and energy of our planet and therefore affect us. At the time when I was born, Mars was in an unfavorable position, since then I was...