C O N I F E R S   are by definition cone bearers. The seed-bearing "fruit" of pines, firs, cypress and yew (according to some) is...

R A R E L Y,  D O  W E  get a good look at the stars anymore. The ambient light created by civilization drowns them out and dims the majest...

TREES  are symbols of life in the most profound ways. After all, they are the oldest living things on Earth. I was struck by the import...

LOOKI N G BACK as one is wont to do at the beginning of the first decade of the second millennium , it's always the practice to reso...

CHRISTMAS IS always full of wonder and surprise. Even in an age of crass commercialism, it is a time when people go out of their way to...

MY WISH is simply for love and light for all that I encounter. As just a moment in time, Winter Solstice will start specifically today a...

THE HOLIDAYS are a time for family, no matter what form that concept may take—friends, partners, spouses, pets, siblings, sons, daughters...