Table of Contents
Introduction: You Come Too xiii
1 The Allure of the Earth: An Ancient Awareness 1
2 A Journey: Nature, Spirit, and Imagination 19
3 What We Carry; All Essentials Neatly in Place, or Not 37
4 The Aliveness of Place: A Sense of Belonging 53
5 To Wander and Wonder: Rove, Meander, Stray 69
6 This Way, Peggy: Losing and Finding Our Way 83
7 A Racing Heart: Fear and the Unknown 93
8 From Feathers to Stars: Finding Your Forms 107
9 Owl-Eye Wings and Shade-Making Cactus: Following Nature's Lead 121
10 Knowing the World and Ourselves: Our Five-Plus Senses 135
11 A Strange Frenzy in My Head: Inspiration and Intuition 153
12 Digging in the Dirt: It's Elemental, After All 169
13 Animal Presence: Swooping Owl and Bounding Fox 183
14 Along Lower Ridge Trail: The Sustenance of Solitude and Silence 201
Conclusion: How the Light Gets In-The Nature of Metamorphosis 221
Acknowledgments 233
Notes 237
Backbone Books: Suggested Reading 251