You’re on your way home and before you even get out of your vehicle, you hear your dogs barking like the kids when a parent walks in who they haven’t seen all day – they are SO excited it takes them a long time to calm down and let you get in the door.

With other animals it is often out-of-the-box ways of presence. Just choosing to be seated next to where they are, softening your gaze, and giving them/him/her your attention is an act of presence - and most likely something they do not receive regularly. Even …

Recently while out hiking on a trail near Wickenburg, Arizona, we came across a family of skunks roaming around the park. One of the main messages from the skunk is for using resources wisely.

When one sees a snake in the wild, there are many responses. Mine has always been one of respect. Respect because I am entering their land and I am giving them space to continue their own journey before I restart my own. I have seen nine in the wild – all but two on trails that I have been walking. All in Arizona in my twenty-four years of living here…