Theme
Nature —
Meadows, mountains, weather and the small ceremonies of paying attention.
Analysis
Nature
On the Melancholy of Late Summer Gardens
When the sunflowers bow their heads and something quietly turns inside.
Read the analysis →Latest in Nature
Nature
Peonies, and the Practice of Attention
A short meditation on the flower that only opens if you sit still.
Nature
Magnolia: The Flower Older Than Bees
Magnolias bloomed some ninety million years ago, before bees existed — so their thick, waxy petals were built for beetles to crawl over. An ancient flower still opening on bare branches each spring.
Recommended books
All books →The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Gallery
“Tend the small path daily and one day you will find you have made a garden.”
— A note from the notebook