Nature Speaks is a gathering place where the wild speaks, and we learn to listen. Through reflections and stories rooted in the living world, we remember what the wild within us still knows: how to pause, how to belong, how to listen.
The latest whispers from the wild
Raising the Gaze
I was walking along the path without really walking. My body was moving forward, familiar with the route, while my mind was already elsewhere, lightly occupied with thoughts that had little to do with where I was. This is how much of our walking happens: efficient, automatic, barely inhabited. What interrupted this was something entirely…
Holding On
Yesterday, during a winter walk, I noticed a young oak still holding on to its leaves. Around it, the larger oaks had already let go. Their branches were bare, their silhouettes quiet against the pale sky, their seasonal work complete. This smaller tree stood differently. Its leaves were dry now, browned and curled, yet still…
The Strength That Grows Underwater
There are days when the lake rises higher than expected, shouldering its way over the shore, folding itself around the trees as if reclaiming something long agreed upon. I stood before those half-submerged trunks recently – bare branches lifted into the grey light, roots lost to an underwater world – and felt that familiar stirring…
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