by Jeff Howlin | Nov 22, 2025 | Editorial, Nature, Poetry, Symbolic
What could it be, life as a tree. Nothing but sky to break free. Into the stars, it could be. More than you know. So let it be. I know, because I was a tree. Long ago, before I could see. What did I see, you ask of me? I saw... by Jeff Howlin | Oct 3, 2020 | Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Nature, Poetry, Soul, Symbolic, Trauma/PTSD
Shelter from the storm–Bob Dylan sang about it and the sirens with their beautiful voices lured sailors toward it. When life deals you one heavy blow after another with no end in sight, seeking shelter may seem like the right thing to do. Here in California... by Jeff Howlin | Apr 6, 2020 | Biology, Consciousness, Editorial, Individuation, Poetry
The Mississippi River, one of the great world rivers, starts as a small stream in Northern Minnesota, where it flows from one of the thousands of Minnesota lakes. As the river travels south it gathers speed and size before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico in... by Jeff Howlin | Dec 23, 2019 | Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Poetry
Over the Thanksgiving holiday last month, my family and I were “snowed in” in a mountain cottage west of Denver, Colorado. In the Colorado Rockies, snow can come down hard and deep in almost any month. I was fortunate to have 48 hours or so in a... by Jeff Howlin | Dec 13, 2019 | Creativity, Dreams, Editorial, Individuation, Soul
When I was a young man I would spend around two weeks most summers either backpacking with friends somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, or canoeing, in Southern Ontario, Canada. Usually toward late afternoons on these trips, we would begin looking for a new campsite. ... by Jeff Howlin | Jan 25, 2019 | Dreams, Editorial, Evil, Fairy tale, Individuation
Sooner or later, you must enter the dark forest and leave the well-trodden path. Let us re-look at the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood. As you recall, Little Red Riding Hood is off to Grandma’s house to deliver some food for her sick grandma. Before leaving, her...
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