Peace Archives - Poetic Earth Month

The Breath of the Woods

2022-04-14 By Hellen Keller Filed Under: A Legacy to Be Proud Of, Abundance, Agriculture, Awe, Beauty, Birds, Childhood Memories, Education, Flowers, Gardens, Gratitude, Home, Homeschooling, Hope, Hospitality, Impact, In Our Lives, Kindness, Love for Others, Meditative, Nature Stories, Peace, Personal Change, Plants, Polar Bears, Seasons, Secret Places, Self Care, Simple Ideas, Sun, Transcendence, Trees, Water, Wisdom, Wonder, Woods, Young Voices

excerpted from chapter seven of The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller. The book was first written in 1902 in magazine form, while she was in college, at the age of 22 For a long time I had no regular lessons. Even when I studied most earnestly it seemed […]

Autumn Leaves—A Meditative Nature Video

2020-11-09 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abundance, Articles, Beauty, Brain Tricks, Cities, Gratitude, Health, Hope, In Our Lives, Meditative, Peace, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Plants, Seasons, Secret Places, Self Care, Transcendence, Videos

Attention Restoration Theory (ART) is that being in nature, and viewing green spaces, allows the brain to unwind, to notice without noticing. Enjoy this meditative nature video, a small experience of nature that can brighten your spirits, even in town.

Rainy Afternoon — A Meditative Nature Video

2020-11-09 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abundance, Articles, Beauty, Brain Tricks, Health, Hope, In Our Lives, Meditative, Peace, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Seasons, Secret Places, Self Care, Transcendence, Videos

Enjoy this meditative nature video, a small experience that can brighten your spirits, even on a rainy day.

art gallery: swyers’ silvan cyanotypes

2020-06-30 By Julia Swyers Filed Under: Art Gallery, Beauty, Flowers, Gratitude, Home, Hope, In Our Lives, Peace, Plants, Reflections, Self Care, Transcendence, Wonder

Visit the Poetic Earth Month art gallery and experience the details of botany on deep blue in these cyanotype prints from artist Julia Swyers.

Involuntary Simplicity

2020-04-02 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Beauty, Gardens, Gratitude, Health, Home, In Our Lives, Peace, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Self Care, Technology

Sometimes the small moments announce themselves, whether you want them to or not.

Wake Up! The World is Here.

2020-03-17 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abundance, Articles, Book Reviews, Books, Childhood Memories, Ecopoetics, Education, Gratitude, Home, Hope, Hospitality, In Our Lives, Kindness, Love for Others, Peace, Photos by Sara Barkat, Picture Books, Plants, Self Care, Simple Ideas, Wisdom

Frog and Toad Are Friends is a book with something to teach all ages — in its stories, in its art, and even in its ability to make a little space for peace.