by susan preston | Sep 18, 2020 | Musings, Taos, Wildlife
Swimming with Horses C Sweet mare, so tender and shy. One of a herd of near-wild horses who roam through sacred pueblo lands, she averted her gaze and kept her distance. I felt a kinship with what seemed like a quiet pain flowing through the barbed wire fence...
by susan preston | Sep 2, 2020 | Musings, Photo of the Day, Taos, Wildlife
Rabbit Antenna “A lifetime may not be long enough to attune ourselves fully to the harmony of the universe. But just to become aware that we can resonate with it – that alone can be like waking up from a dream.” – Brother David Steindl-Rast This remarkable little...
by susan preston | Aug 25, 2020 | Landscape, Musings, Photo of the Day, Taos
New moons tell ancient stories “In truth we are not separate from each other or from the world, from the whole earth, the sun or moon or billions of stars, not separate from the entire universe. Listening silently in quiet wonderment, without knowing anything, there...
by susan preston | Aug 14, 2020 | Musings, Photo of the Day, Wildlife
Pronghorn Leaps Away or Into? “Trying to run away is never the answer to being a fully human. Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life.” ― Pema ChödrönWhen Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times This...
by susan preston | Aug 12, 2020 | Baja California Sur, Musings, Photo of the Day, Sunrise + Sunset, Wildlife
Dolphin Breaching with the Sun “The Great Turning is a name for the essential adventure of our time: the shift from the industrial growth society to a life-sustaining civilization. Future generations, if there is a livable world for them, will look back at the epochal...
by susan preston | Aug 2, 2020 | Birds, Musings, Photo of the Day
Egret Strikes Through “The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us. Thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing. The trees wave and the flowers bloom in our bodies as...
