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On a gorgeous June day in 2017, a small group of us graduated from a 12-month apprenticeship in dowsing and geomancy. At the very end of our weekend at a Napa County ranch, our teacher Richard Feather Anderson announced, "I now pronounce you Geomancers, 24-7! Go forth...

I am in a loving partnership with my home. But it wasn't always that way – I had to create it. After years of planning and construction, my husband Scott and I moved into our custom-built, energy-efficient, solar-powered home. It should have been a dream come true,...

I have always sought out books and movies where the environmental setting is a central character. Whether set in small town in Idaho, or central Edenborough is not as important to me as whether the story feels accurately positioned in its landscape and time. More than...

A “spirit of place” means that special something that tells you that you couldn’t be anywhere else. Another term for Spirit of Place is genius loci, the prevailing character or atmosphere of a place. For me, place means the collective, multi-dimensional, seen and...