http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:59:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the past several years we’ve spent much time walking around the beautiful lake where we live. PersonaliTrees is one result of the awareness we’ve gained by connecting with our surroundings. The feeling we have is that we not only live here, we ARE here. Having become acutely aware of ... http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=266 One of the great challenges to being out in nature – for me anyway – is to get in synch with it. To do that I must first shake my incessant need to DO. In the back of my mind and the pit of my stomach is a gnawing sense ... http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=258 MORE from the “What tree lovers already knew” department! Researchers from the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam published findings in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. It confirms that green spaces create ‘oases’ of improved health – particularly mental health – around them. CLICK HERE to read the ... http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=255 The humidity broke today. A still, hazy morning on the lake; a not-so-sweltering mid-day. Still hot, but the early afternoon light had changed one noticeable degree. A couple of reddened leaves broke through the wall of green. The season tottered for a few seconds. The shade-cooled breeze carried a hint ... http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=251 T-Bones by Joan Ketels Tree Bones Study them Climb them Lay beneath them Lay on them Pick them up Observe how they Have landed Disarray to some To others Exactly as they Should be http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=248 In Time Things flow let them flow streams, rivers, valleys water runs gravity pulls dirt settles rocks level diamonds in time Let God carefully pour items of the universe power and spirit into place Matter drips expands fills the void now for all time in time -- Denton Ketels © 2007 http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=242 Today is all we have. Here's to making the most of it. http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=235 Retreat Walk One foot, then another Start over Breathe in, breath out The dirt path is covered in brown needles Sunlight gleams off the water in the late afternoon. The scent of the library is still on the books It is a hopeful smell The boards on the bridge are wearing nicely They will probably last all our lives If ... http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=232 We don't have cable out here in the boonies, so sometimes the girls just sit around in the evening with guitars and cello. No fancy recording, no rehearsing, just turn on the H2 Zoom and go. http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=220 Language of God   Trees speak, Water guides, Paths wind.   Grass simply grows. Birds are the barometer Of life itself.   Fire provides, Soil holds The matter that breathes air.   Blue, green, yellow, red, Liquid, vapor, solid, Soul and spirit.   Stillness at the speed Of light, energy And thought.   -- Denton Ketels http://beingofsoundspirit.com/blog/?p=218