By Marguerite Jill Dye Climbing a tree is a path to self-discovery. Building a woodland fort is an exercise in creativity. Stepping across a babbling brook develops confidence and brings joy. Our most treasured childhood memories are often from outdoor […]
Category: Mountain Meditation
Mountain Meditation
Plant sociology, communication and our critical interconnection
By Marguerite Jill Dye Thank heavens we live in Vermont, where our connection to nature is ever tangible. However, not all of our countrymen and women benefit from the great out-of-doors. Did you know that the average American spends 93 […]
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Biophilia : healing connection and love of nature
Painting by Marguerite Jill Dye by Marguerite Jill Dye Vermonters and fellow nature lovers know the power our magnificent mountains, forests, and woods have on our wellbeing. If I hadn’t experienced nature’s healing effect myself, I may not have understood […]
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Acute stress disorder
By Marguerite Jill Dye The other night, I couldn’t sleep. I was worrying and my husband was snoring. I crept downstairs and caught Stephen Colbert’s interview with Sean Penn. His face was drawn and his hair was disheveled. He’d taken […]
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Biding time until the end with Doc Martin
By Marguerite Jill Dye Since beginning to write this weekly column I’ve paid keen attention to current events. I try to write about relevant themes with substance, inspiration, and integrity. I feel a sense of responsibility and have tried to […]
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Swindled, scammed, phished and conned: the new American way
By Marguerite Jill Dye You’d think I’d have learned to be more discerning about who can be trusted and who cannot, but I realized it’s a continuing theme that pops up in daily life. My experience began 50 years ago at […]
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Wisdom from the island of “The Big Ice”
By Marguerite Jill Dye Have you ever felt one with the universe, while gazing in awe at the twinkling stars? Have you communed with the trees and birds while hiking in the forests and woods? Have you felt inspired and […]
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Our students are reviving the “American spirit”
By Marguerite Jill Dye “Be a nuisance where it counts. Do your part to inform and stimulate the public to join your action. Be depressed, discouraged, and disappointed at failure and the disheartening effects of ignorance, greed, corruption and bad politics […]
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The new American revolution
By Marguerite Jill Dye How have we come to this point, America, that students who cowered in closets and classrooms, beside murdered classmates and coaches, must lead the charge to bring sense to our laws? How have we come to […]
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America’s killing fields and sacrificial lambs
By Marguerite Jill Dye “Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over,” British journalist Dan Hodges tweeted when the gun debate ended after the Sandy Hook massacre where 20 elementary school children were gunned down. We have had […]