Posts by Loran Hills
#64shadesofcrayons
Some days are dark and depressing. The news is difficult to digest. Like many of my friends, I’ve been struggling with it all. Then, one day I happened upon a marvelous quote. Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a…
Read MoreReflections on Curiosity
Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul. ~ Meg Rosoff My words are mirrors of…
Read MoreThe Edges of Time
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. ~ Rabindranath Tagore For a long time now, I’ve wanted to understand time. Yes, I can read a clock or consult the calendar, but that’s not the experience of time that I’m trying to understand. The passing…
Read MoreContinuing Education in the School of Life
For many years, one of my greatest joys and deepest held beliefs has been the practice of getting to know the Place where I live in a deep and intimate way. I believe that if everyone in the world passionately cared about her or his own backyard or neighborhood, then every place in the world would…
Read MoreYou are the center from which your life flows
Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness. ~ Eckhart Tolle Take a moment to breathe deeply. Focus on being fully present. Now. It’s gone. Deep breath. Another.…
Read MoreWisdom emerges out of experience
Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshipper, lover of living, it doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. ~ Rumi In my last blog post, To know sorrow, I wrote about the loss of dear friends.…
Read MoreTo know sorrow
No matter how the night may weld It’s chain of grief with longing new, No power is stronger than the passion That also pulls our lives apart. ~ Boris Pasternak I had premonitions. Fears. Dreams. But it was still a shock, hearing those words, “Yes, he’s dead.” Irrevocable words. He was 21 years old.…
Read MoreGet Outside!
There are so many benefits to spending time in nature! It can help increase the quality of your sleep, reduce depression, and improve mental health. Being in nature can also help control pain and negative stress. In our high-tech society, it appears to be increasingly difficult to connect with nature, even for kids. Why So…
Read MoreMountain Mama Redux
My first blog, Many Rivers To Cross, started out as a travel blog and eventually morphed into a nature blog. I was so afraid of being online that I used mountain mama for my identity. Eventually I became more comfortable and open about who I am. What you see is what you get now, both online…
Read MoreFrom a Dream into Reality
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. ~ Anaïs Nin The Still Point is the place of power within me that arises from my center. From the ethereal realms of thought and imagination, creative ideas are generated. It requires action…
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