emma capper

When you are lost

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Here is a beautiful poem by Claire Dubois, Founder of TreeSisters, to help you find your way back home to love. It certainly helps me! YOUR NATURAL SOUL  Whether or not you know that you are beautiful, the flowers gaze … Read More

Four people stand outdoors, surrounded by autumn leaves, smiling and playing as leaves are thrown in the air. Trees and a stone wall are visible in the background.

Autumn

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Autumn Prayer, by Edward Hays O sacred season of Autumn, be my teacher,for I wish to  learn the virtue of contentment.As I gaze upon your full-colored beauty,I sense all about youan at-homeness with your amber riches. You are the season … Read More

Large tree with yellow-orange autumn leaves and a thick trunk, surrounded by a carpet of fallen leaves on the ground in a park or wooded area.

stars and leaves

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I was wandering in Bradley woods this morning and wondering at the brightness of the autumn leaves. On darker days it seems as if they emit their own light as they fall and fade on the forest floor. Yet their … Read More

Bards of Penstave Copse

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Many thanks to the Woodland Trust for their kind permission to use Penstave Copse. Autumn is here and the songs of the wood, river, trees and birds have changed. I warmly invite you to join me on a 2hr mindful … Read More

Book cover of "The Overstory" by Richard Powers, featuring a large green tree canopy and a sticker noting the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2019.

Overstory

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Really enjoying reading Richard Powers book “Overstory” One passage particulary touched me. “you and the tree in your backyard come from a common ancestor. A billion and a half years ago, the two of you parted ways. But even now. … Read More