Because animals seem to dwell in the present moment, because their own presence is so instinctive, their attention so unwavering, the offer us a different kind of compassion than humans do. Anyone is lucky to have both human and animal… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
It had been this way since my beginning, born on a forest lookout station in the High Sierras, surrounded by millions of acres of wilderness and many more animals than humans. Since infancy, the first faces I imprinted, the first… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
“Crossover' is a word scientists use to describe dolphins' soaring over seas, their traveling so free and fast, so high-spirited and almost effervescent that their sleek bodies barely skim the waves. The suggestion of splashes from tail and pectoral leaves a luminous wake across the water. For these crossover miles, the dolphins, like their human terrestrial mammal kin, belong more… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share
“Like water, be gentle and strong. Be gentle enough to follow the natural paths of the earth and strong enough to rise up and… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
“How could the Buddha have believed that being incarnated as a human being was fortunate? Had he ever been to Georgia?” — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
“When I describe for my far-away friends the Northwest’s subtle shades of weather — from gloaming skies of ‘high-gray’ to ‘low-gray’ with violet streaks… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
Cristina Eisenberg weaves her observations as a scientist and her personal experiences afield into a resonant account about the web of life that links… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
At Nature's Kitchen we take pride in saying that we wouldn't serve anything to your children that we wouldn't feed to our own children. — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
It is never too late to go quietly to our lakes, rivers, oceans, even our small streams, and say to the sea gulls, the… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
Because animals seem to dwell in the present moment, because their own presence is so instinctive, their attention so unwavering, the offer us a… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
The Hopi Indians of Arizona believe that our daily rituals and prayers literally keep this world spinning on its axis. For me, feeding the… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
“I think people are very brave and often are a lot more frightened than they're allowed to admit. Life is much harder to live… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
If we can write or sing or create in some way, even when we are dealing with difficulties or pain, then it becomes something… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
It had been this way since my beginning, born on a forest lookout station in the High Sierras, surrounded by millions of acres of… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
