Welcome dear friends. I'm happy to say that many exciting life changes have sprung up in my life. I have decided that, to accomodate the new and wonderful things, it is time to let Sleeping In The Forest go. I haven't updated my blog in a very long time, and so I doubt many of you will be surprised by this.
However, for those of you that do still pop in from time to time -- I am still an avid online blogger, just not here. This site was about personal expression and exploration. However, entering a new era of my life, my energy has shifted to broader concerns.
You can still follow me at the blog I maintain for Medicine Talk:
http://patientsjourney.medicinetalk.org/
I just want to leave you with one final thought. This site, while personal in nature, was based on inspiration I found both from nature and poetry by Mary Oliver. I would highly recommend you take a look at her work. It is, in my opinion, some of the most soulful, transparent, and masterful work of our century. I'll leave you with one of her poems, as I say -- adieu
I thought the earth
remembered me, she
she took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds. I slept
as never before, a stone
on the river bed, nothing
between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated
light as moths among the branches
of the perfect trees. All night
I heard the small kingdoms breathing
around me, the insects, and the birds
who do their work in the darkness. All night
I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling
with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better
Mary Oliver
