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Great Mountain Forest to host Nature Writing Retreat at Historic Yale Camp in Falls Village, Conn., Aug. 7 to 9

“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.

Illuminating the Hidden Forest, Chapter 45: Finding community in bears and cairns

This bear and her cub have, however, given us a gift. In this time of social distance, our mutual delight in the bears is bringing our neighborhood together.

Illuminating the Hidden Forest, Chapter 41: Filled by time and grace

We have nowhere to go and time stretches out in front of us.

Illuminating the Hidden Forest, Chapter 39: Springtime for beavers and frogs

Then we realized that the sound came from below, from the pond, and there they were: hundreds of frogs floating and darting on the surface of the water, croaking their hearts out.

Illuminating the Hidden Forest, Chapter 22: Getting ready for winter

Sometimes, meditatively, we follow one or another leaf with our eyes as it circles slowly downward before settling on the ground.

Spring rolls in like the tide

This is the season for morels… These are the prizes of spring. I have been in hot pursuit of morels. I have found two. The ratio of search to find is about a million to one.
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