River of Light – A Homecoming The Wilderness Within  By Steve Hurt There is no love affair greater than the love between a river and a mountain. Theirs is the closest of all unions. In their sojourn from mountain to ocean their love lights the world with fertility and...
Deep Forest: Inward Perambulations of Love The Wilderness Within  By Steve Hurt This morning, I walked a winding trail inside a dense coastal forest. I am fortunate to live right here, so near to this primal natural world, to feel the wildness of nature so close at...
Heaven in a Wild Flower Heavy rains have descended into the dry Karoo in recent months. The desert has been saturated and the ground caressed by the touch of the clouds, a rare tryst in this arid land, where the sky is selfish with gifts of water. The sweet drink...
Birdsong Featured artist Julie Tugwell Set aside your thoughts and bring your attention to this page. Sit for a moment and be still with me. I want to share with you a story of the birdsong at dawn and the secrets it tells: It is barely light outside — the crack of...
A Walk in the Mountains This morning I walk in the mountains. I feel like abandoning life, beating a path of rugged undulations into the mountain, to erase the outside and explore the vast, empty wilderness inside this dark and fertile void of my being. The morning...
