Can You Hear The Earth Sing?
"What are you doing Don Pancho?""I'm listening to the earth sing, mi'jita."
So begins the hauntingly lovely conversation between a little girl and her friend, the village elder, Don Pancho about the wonders of nature. The whimsical notes of the "songs" the earth sings will tickle the imagination, and delight children as well as adults. The implicit lesson about paying attention to our connection with nature, getting so quiet you can hear a "star's lullaby to the trees" is gently cloaked in lyrical word pictures that invoke the southwestern flavor and landcape that inspired the story.
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Outside of Sonoita, Arizona lies the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, more commonly referred to as the Empire Cienega Ranch. Its vast rolling grasslands backdropped by the scalloped profile of mountains comprise one of my nature "churches", a place that I go to on a regular basis to feel renewed and restored. It is always beautiful. And, it never looks the same. In addition, its existence is a unique and superb example of cooperation as the NCA combines private and public lands, local, state, and federal; riparian corridors, historic buildings and is a working cow ranch. Cowday Afternoon was inspired by one enchanting day when the motherband and their calves were draped across the hills like pastoral ornaments.Like it? Share it!
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