morning – Nanda Jurela

Sweet Gum Resin

Early day sight: the amber on the sweet gum tree. It reminds me that a tree too is full of juice, chi, life force and medicine. The honey-coloured syrup with the subtle fragrance must be moving through the trunk all year, and it oozes through the bark… under what conditions? The right temperature? Excess? Surplus,Continue reading “Sweet Gum Resin”

Baby Sparrow’s Pluck

I am grateful for the new day, the bird song at dawn, the rays of sun light spreading through the clouds like liquid gold, the moist air, the baby sparrow at my feeder, who when he got my attention opened his wings to show me, “Hey there, human, here is what you do”, and heContinue reading “Baby Sparrow’s Pluck”