If you pay attention, the natural world can inspire some very deep thinking.
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Ellen Heath lives and writes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her career in communications has included experience as a congressional aide, corporate speechwriter, government relations and public affairs specialist, and freelance writer. She is the author of Lizard Diary, a memoir of an experience with shamanism, and The Inheritance, a novel that was published in 2012. She has a B.A. degree in English from Stanford University
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The Rise of Indigenous Wisdom
First published in 2013, a book of essays by an Indigenous writer is soaring on a The New York Times list of bestsellers. What’s going on?
Time to Think beyond Consumerism?
“Nothing dollarable is safe, no matter how guarded.” John Muir
A Journey to the True Self
“From the very beginning, I felt more horse than human.” Lynda Evans, Artist “I could neigh before I could talk,” says Lynda Evans. And she ran and neighed on a green of the golf course near her home in an affluent, country club community in Knoxville, Tennessee. She also drew horses at… Read more »
Waking Up to a New Day
The devastating hacking of my computer became a gift in a way. But first, a little background.
Why Are You Here?
What? What do you mean, why am I here? To make a good life, of course.
The Countdown to Three
It began with this sense of waiting, of expectancy. And then I tuned into the significance of the number three.
Planet Earth as a Living Organism
Is it possible for a human awakening to travel the Earth with the same speed as a pandemic?
A New Perspective on COVID-19
I’m back. I’ve just been thinking for two months about how to write through this pandemic without stirring up more fear or anger. And then I got help–from the voice of a shaman.
Dominion Revisited
We need more bugs.
Milk’s Great Moment
“I’m not going to drink something that came out of a cow’s pants!”
The Dominion of the Microbe
What is required, overall, is a new paradigm in the way people think about disease. Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague
Another Epidemic Rises
This second epidemic is not of disease, like COVID-19, but of despair–within a certain demographic of American men.
A “Crip Camp” Rises Again
In a crippled moment, the disabled lead.
Ready to Go “Meta?”
Appearing just weeks before the world began to move into an international health emergency, Deepak Chopra’s latest book, Meta Human, may come to the spiritual rescue of many readers. Because of my interest in alternative medicine and the spiritual factor in healing, I had engaged with the writings of Deepak Chopra decades ago. However, he was… Read more »
A Life Changes at the Intersection
In Santa Fe, a red light is just a suggestion.
The Joyful Chasing of Birds
“I spent a career chasing electrons. Then I decided to chase birds.” Tom Taylor
The Guided Moment
Are you ready for a way of understanding beyond logic?
The Bottom Line vs. the Well-Wrought Line
The heart of the publishing industry may be in New York, but here in Santa Fe, Liz Trupin-Pulli has her finger on its pulse.
A Good Life
Sitting right next to me was a world champion weightlifter, a restoration caver, and my next blog topic.