I know. Men probably read signs in the woods too.
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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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Guidance from an Animated Natural World
It was during my woodland walks with Cassie the Samoyed that I discovered an ally in nature. THE TRAIL OF TREES We are all so occupied with the daily detail of getting along in a materialistic culture that we may be unaware that spiritual support and guidance are always available–especially in… Read more »
The Journey into Non-Ordinary Reality
If a power animal manifested to guide you into non-ordinary reality, what would it be?
The Story Beyond Apollo
“So you left me hanging,” my friend wrote. “Was there ever a replacement for Apollo?”
Tomorrow Has Passed*
Unite and Heal: America’s New Challenge
“Unite and heal? I don’t wanna!” the rebels cry.
The Way of the Monarch
If you pay attention, the natural world can inspire some very deep thinking.
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.