Dear Mastodon Friends - This is the cover for my new book with a short description. I invite to visit the book’s website below for more information.

From the press release: “Part memoir, part lyrical essays and poetry, Sacred Earth Rising Within is a turn toward life in challenging times, and carries a powerful message of hope for the human prospect. A profoundly healing narrative for our time, it is a new hybrid genre that speaks to the heart, mind, and spirit within the context of a creative cosmos. It tells a story that is both personal and universal.”

For more information, please see my new website, dedicated to the book at http://www.terravitamedia.com

#ecology #memoir #spirituality #earth #cosmology #ecospirituality #ecopsychology #nature #naturelovers #naturelover

Black-tailed bumble bee bumbling his way over our ceonothus. The honey bees outnumber them 20 to 1, but they are real troupers. The plant is swarming with them, as well as other pollinators. So good to see…
#bees #naturephotography #naturelovers #nativeplants #pollinators #flowerphotography #flowers

To all SF Bay Area Mastodon Music Lovers. I will be performing two of my piano compositions at this event.

Please join us for a Free Concert Friday evening April 4th at 7:30 pm in at Grace Presbyterian Church, 2100 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek.

We are a group of musicians and pianists who perform our own compositions. You will hear these remarkable pieces played on an incredible Steinway Concert Grand piano. If you haven’t heard us before, you are in for a rare treat. If you have been to one of our concerts in the past, you’ll remember how enjoyable it was.

We hold our Spring Concert every year, and this year we have special guests and nice surprises — as well as new and venerable compositions from our members. There will be an informal reception after the concert, so plan to linger and have a drink and light refreshment and chat with the Composers.

Mark your calendars and come celebrate the beauty of Spring with us!

#music #musiclovers #concerts #piano #pianolovers #pianomusic

This little ruby-crowned kinglet has been at our window for the past two days. The remarkable thing is that when we move into another room, say from the bedroom to the dining room, he follows us and arrives at the windows to our French doors. He sees us, and seems curious. My mother-in-law just passed recently. Some say birds are visitations — I say, yes… But the bird is just awesome as he is.

Artist: Rafael Edwards

An opportunity to take a breather from the stress of the world with the beauty of the piano.

#piano #pianomusic #solomusic #meditation #music #musica #acousticpiano #musicvideo #calm #peaceful #sleep

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RjXEHBmcsDg&si=50ctQeFSxmES8q8B

From the interview: “You can doom scroll on your phone and get really depressed, but I’m like, stop and read about the Klamath, because I think we’re showing that you can put places back together. And a handful of super dedicated people can make it happen.”

https://bioneers.org/restorative-revolution-indigenous-leadership-allyship-catalyzed-biggest-river-restoration-history/

#salmon #river #rivers #nature #naturelovers #conservation #environment #environmental #salmonrivers #goodnews

In honor of trees, a piano tribute.

https://youtu.be/dzAzPD30l5E

#thicktrunktuesday #treesofmastodon #treelovers #pianosolo #pianolover #treesday #inspiringcreativity #musicvideo #musicmonday #musicofmastodon

Kootenay Lake, British Columbia overlooking a bird sanctuary. I think I’ll join the birds and just stay.
#naturephotography #nature #naturelovers #BeautyInNature #naturalbeauty #landscapephotography

Photo by my friend and neighbor Jennifer Capra. Taken a couple of weeks ago at Unicorn Peak, Tuolumne Meadows. Awesome doesn’t begin to describe this…
#naturephotography #landscapephotography #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #mountains #naturelovers #tuolumne #mountainmonday

My nomination for Gorgeous Goth of the Year Award! The Dracula Parrot, otherwise known as the Pequot Parrot of New Guinea. A frutarian, eats figs almost exclusively.
Photo credit: Kim the strange
#birdlovers #birdwatching #birdsofmastodon

White-lined sphinx moth… out at Inverness, Pt. Reyes last week… photo by my friend Peter Farriday.
#moths #moth #insectphotography #insects #naturephotography #ecology #NatureWonder

These light up our mornings…glory, glory.
#flowerphotography #flower #floral #flowers #flowerpower

@Melanie76Nicole good luck to you and your husband “going native.”

May native wildflowers in our garden. This after a neighbor cut down massive privets on the property line, flooding the yard with sunlight. Seeded the area with wildflowers and nature did the awesome rest.
#nativeplants #wildflowers #prairie #naturephotography #nature

Nature has no right angles. This curve knocked my socks off!
#rainbows #rainbow #rivers #green #naturephotography #nature

@JimsPhotos

MAGPIE

dips to drink
from the green pond
twice

beak up
black throat quivers
time to fly

—K. Lauren de Boer

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #poetry #naturepoetry #birding

Celebrate Earth rising within you on Easter. The fact that we are Earth, and we know it…grateful to be alive.
This photo is a meadow in northern Calfornia BLM land about a week ago.
#nature #naturephotography #easter #earth #earthspirit #wildflowers #spiritualecology

Intergalactic Earth observer advocate for fair and balanced media on Earth by calling for a return to the Fairness Doctrine. Humor and alien wisdom on real Earth issues.
#aliens #medialiteracy #FairnessDoctrine #scifi #foxnews #newsmedia

https://open.substack.com/pub/winzagin/p/bring-back-the-fairness-doctrine?r=28sw8f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

@Snoro You are absolutely right. The human prospect is dimming quickly and the hapless Earth news media is obsessed with a con man and a porn star.
For a humorous but poignant take on this from an off-world alien: https://open.substack.com/pub/winzagin/p/intergalactic-news-service-launched?r=28sw8f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web