“A Sonoran Desert village may receive five inches of rain one year and fifteen the next. A single storm may dump an inch and a half in the matter of an hour on one field and entirely skip another a… — Gary Paul Nabhan Copy Share Image
If you send it halfway around the world before it is eaten, an organic food still may be 'good' for the consumer, but is… — Gary Paul Nabhan Copy Share Image
“play has become too domesticated and regimented while playgrounds themselves have become more and more barren. May today are devoid of vegetation with which to form nests, shelters, wands, dolls, or other playthings...These concerns are best explored in a heterogeneous habitat, where several secret niches are harbored, the kinds that can no longer be found on prefabricated metal and plastic… — Gary Paul Nabhan Copy Share
“Solitude takes time, and caregivers to children have no time. Our children demand attention and need care. They ask questions and parents must answer. The number of decisions that go into a week of parenting astonishes me. Women have known for centuries what I have just discovered: going to work every day is far easier than staying home raising children...thoughtful… — Gary Paul Nabhan Copy Share
Eating is perhaps the most direct way we acknowledge or deny the sacredness of the earth. — Gary Paul Nabhan Copy Share Image
“A Sonoran Desert village may receive five inches of rain one year and fifteen the next. A single storm may dump an inch and… — Gary Paul Nabhan Copy Share Image
A seed is really something spiritual as much as it is something material. It contains a life spark that allows the regenerative process to… — Gary Paul Nabhan Copy Share Image
“I heard a young city boy ask an elderly Papago woman if, lacking a harvesting pole, one could ever collect fruit off the tall… — Gary Paul Nabhan Copy Share Image
We need to return to learning about the land by being on the land, or better, by being in the thick of it. That… — Gary Paul Nabhan Copy Share Image
