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3 days ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
Hello Friends,We are living in transformative times, whether for good or ill. (For two fascinating astrological perspectives on the why of these chaotic times, read Juliana Swanson’s Astral Harmony Substack or Susan Wittig Albert’s Growing Green With the Zodiac newsletter.) Transformative times are an invitation to transform ourselves, to risk new perspectives and paths in life, hard and scary as that may be.
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1 week ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
Hello Friends,I’ve got a gift for you, two short videos from my morning walks that celebrate this transition time of spring sliding into summer. But first, a reminder: the Terraphilia Book Club discussion of Terry Tempest Williams’ Finding Beauty in a Broken World is open now. Join via the comments at the end of the post.
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2 weeks ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
Hello, Friends,It’s time for our first Terraphilia Book Club meeting! Before we dive into Finding Beauty in a Broken World with a book summary and discussion questions, a personal note: I am moving in three weeks. (Eeek!) My new place is a small and rustic rental house on a hill with a long view outside the small down of Paonia, Colorado. So my life is going to be a bit insane for a while, because among other things, I have to pack up my house, rent a storage unit and find movers.
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3 weeks ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
accommodate n. fit in with the wishes or needs of; adapt toFrom the Latin verb ‘fit’ plus ‘to,’ hence, to fit. We accommodate by fiting ourselves to something or someone. Hello Friends,If you are the sort of person who habitually considers others’ needs before considering your own, or draws a blank when asked what you want because you truly don’t know, this essay may resonate.
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1 month ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
Hello, Friends,I’m on the road today and was not going to post, but then… I received a gift out of the air and I want to share my gratitude, plus the lesson I take from it. As I say in the video above (which I made for social media, but it seems fitting to share it with you too), it’s been a super-difficult couple of weeks for me, both personally and in the world at large. I’ve really struggled to keep my light shining and to find positive ways to interact with daily life.
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1 month ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
Hello Friends! It’s May Day, Beltane (behel-tin-eh) in the Celtic calendar, a day that here in the Northern Hemisphere marks the transition to “pastoral summer,”as Julia Swanson calls it in her Vedic astrology forecast for May. “Pastoral” because Beltane marks the day when the flocks and herds leave the home farm to graze more widely on summer pastures.
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1 month ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
Hello Friends,How did you celebrate Earth Day? I played hooky, something I try to do once a month, and rode the rim of the Gunnison Gorge with a friend who is generous enough to share their horses. The weather was gloriously warm, with just enough breeze to keep the high-desert sun from feeling hot. The sere landscape spreads to the far horizon, revealing the very bones that shape canyon and mesa, cliff and wash. The snow-capped peaks in the distance were crisp against a bluebird-blue sky.
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1 month ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
Welcome to Practicing Terraphilia, your invitation to reconnect with the source of our strength, grounding and inspiration: nature and this amazing, animate planet.I’m glad you’re here!terraphilia n. An intrinsic affection for and connection to the earth and its community of lives. Without this bond we are lonely, lacking, no longer whole.
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1 month ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
Hello Friends,I am angry and anguished about what is going on in our country. The daily examples of greed and corruption; the lies, intimidation, racism and misogyny. This is not the America I thought I knew. And I am not going to pretend everything will be okay. I don’t know if it ever will be. But I do know if we don’t each speak up, act up and stand up for what is right, it’s going to get much worse.
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2 months ago | 
practicingterraphilia.substack.com | Susan J. Tweit
terraphilia n. An intrinsic affection for and connection to the earth and its community of lives. Without this bond we are lonely, lacking, no longer whole. Origin: terra, Latin, literally ‘earth’; philia, from the Greek, ‘fondness.’Hello Friends,We’re living in a time of chaos and uncertainty, when it seems as if all that many of us value—compassion, generosity, embracing those who are different, caring for this earth—is being destroyed.
