Deb Hanson

Music Monday: Living in the Moment

Happy Music Monday, y'all! How about a song from the ever-positive Jason Mraz about peace and love and living in the moment.... Make it a great day, friends. Living in the moment. Jason Mraz

Field Notes: What to love about February The love month... There's Valentine's Day and President's Day and snowstorms followed by springlike weather. There's gray skies and sunshine, poems about love, and chocolates to go around. There's early voting amid political restlessness. Sweet, caring neighbors coming together to fight a proposed development amid rampant development. There's Olympic wins and heartbreaks, miracles and majesty. There are woman warriors everywhere working to protect the vulnerable amid threats and actions from those who think power is more important than peace in people's lives.

Field Notes: What to love about February

The love month... There's Valentine's Day and President's Day and snowstorms followed by springlike weather. There's gray skies and sunshine, poems about love, and chocolates to go around. There's early voting amid political restlessness. Sweet, caring…

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Political effects of X’s feed algorithm

"Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts... initial exposure to X’s algorithm has persistent effects on users’ current political attitudes and account-following behaviour.." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Music Monday: What would love do? What I'm listening to right now... Franko Heke's What would love do?

Music Monday: What would love do?

What I'm listening to right now... Franko Heke's What would love do?

Patience with the unseen; love in action February is when I get impatient. Winter is still here, but I'm ready for spring. I want to dig my hands in the dirt, plants seeds, watch buds unfold into a bright green portrait of life. But the dirt is still frozen. The seeds are still folded up in packets. Swollen tree buds are still closed tightly around tender new leaves, protecting them from the cold.

Patience with the unseen; love in action

February is when I get impatient. Winter is still here, but I'm ready for spring. I want to dig my hands in the dirt, plants seeds, watch buds unfold into a bright green portrait of life. But the dirt is still frozen. The seeds are still folded up in…

Sketchbook Saturday

Heart of the forest Just a little playful page exploring my love for plants... What are you creating this week?

The Essence of Love Love is the first snowflake kissing a naked tree limb, the soft cooing of mourning doves leaning against each other on a branch, a gentle touch of water flowing downstream in summer,sunshine peaking over the eastern horizon each morning, reminding us we have another day to live, to give, to be.Love isbeing there when someone needs you,

The Essence of Love

Love is the first snowflake kissing a naked tree limb, the soft cooing of mourning doves leaning against each other on a branch, a gentle touch of water flowing downstream in summer,sunshine peaking over the eastern horizon each morning, reminding us we have another day to…

Snowed in Music Monday: All you need is love Well, it’s February folks, and that means it’s time to explore LOVE. Not romantic love and the capitalist-driven celebration of Valentine’s Day, filled with chocolates, hearts, and flowers, but love for one another as living beings on Earth. Love for self. Love for other people. Love for other-than-human lives. Love for water and soil, sky and stars, and all that makes up this universe we call home.

Snowed in Music Monday: All you need is love

Well, it’s February folks, and that means it’s time to explore LOVE. Not romantic love and the capitalist-driven celebration of Valentine’s Day, filled with chocolates, hearts, and flowers, but love for one another as living beings on Earth. Love for…

Sketchbook Saturday: Fragmentation and Unification

Scraps of cloth, ripped, painted printed with leaves, sticks, and fingers thread sewn with abandon, stitching togetherWhat was never meant to be one thing but becomes one, a whole, something never seen before something new, something textured,…

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Democracy and Nature: A Call for Water Wisdom A winter storm came, and I walked in the woods. The creek was frozen. Water stopped in its tracks, frozen in time. Ice had grabbed a hold, impeding the water's forward progression downstream to bigger creeks, rivers, and the ocean. Impeding its path to freedom. In Minneapolis, another kind of ICE stopped the forward progress of a life, two lives, grabbing a hold of citizens, immigrants, protestors, helpers.

Democracy and Nature: A Call for Water Wisdom

A winter storm came, and I walked in the woods. The creek was frozen. Water stopped in its tracks, frozen in time. Ice had grabbed a hold, impeding the water's forward progression downstream to bigger creeks, rivers, and the ocean. Impeding its path to…

Music Monday: Imagine I'm playing this song on repeat today... Of course, it takes more than imagining a world where people live in peace. But it's a start, an intention worth pursuing. "Flowers appeared where Alex fell. Candles flickered against the cold. People stood quietly because sometimes words fail and presence is all that is left." - Robert Arnold ( on Substack)

Music Monday: Imagine

I'm playing this song on repeat today... Of course, it takes more than imagining a world where people live in peace. But it's a start, an intention worth pursuing. "Flowers appeared where Alex fell. Candles flickered against the cold. People stood quietly because sometimes…

Kindness is the calm within the storm A winter storm is coming. They are forecasting a big ice storm here - a storm that may cause more power outages and damage than any winter storm we've seen in decades - with record-setting cold for days to follow. So, Mr. EndlessSeeker and I have been preparing - insulating outdoor faucets, prepping the cars, getting gas and groceries, putting rock salt on the steps.

Kindness is the calm within the storm

A winter storm is coming. They are forecasting a big ice storm here - a storm that may cause more power outages and damage than any winter storm we've seen in decades - with record-setting cold for days to follow. So, Mr. EndlessSeeker and I have been…

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Congratulations on 1000 posts. And don't worry about being all over the place. I've been blogging for 16 years at EndlessSeeker.com and still ramble...

Icy Morning

Music Monday: Simple Kindness It snowed a little here yesterday, and I was so grateful for it. Snow is rare for us these days, but when I watch it floating down from the sky, my whole being settles into quiet centered-ness. The atmosphere is hushed and reverent. The flakes begin to stick and cover grasses, mulch, railings, turning everything brighter, including my mood. It's a welcome respite from the darkness that feels so present in the world today.

Music Monday: Simple Kindness

It snowed a little here yesterday, and I was so grateful for it. Snow is rare for us these days, but when I watch it floating down from the sky, my whole being settles into quiet centered-ness. The atmosphere is hushed and reverent. The flakes begin to stick and cover…

Sketchbook Saturday: Still Life

Sketchbook Saturday: Still Life

Embracing Grief: How Love Deepens Our Care Yesterday, after I published the post about Courage to Care, I had the opportunity to witness a beautifully courageous circle of people sharing their grief, expressing their love, and showing how deeply they care. It was a circle of memory for lost lives, of deepening connections through shared grief, and of celebration for love for those once discarded and left behind.

Embracing Grief: How Love Deepens Our Care

Yesterday, after I published the post about Courage to Care, I had the opportunity to witness a beautifully courageous circle of people sharing their grief, expressing their love, and showing how deeply they care. It was a circle of memory for lost lives,…

Cultivating the Courage to Care I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life. - Dalai Lama…

Cultivating the Courage to Care

I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically…

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Music Monday: What we all need right now

It feels like we all need a little more of this right now in a world gone mad... We need to put a little more love in our hearts...

Sketchbook Saturday: Winter’s quiet A place for deep listening Winter woods, still and quietBut not reallyIf you're still long enoughVoices come, stories unfold.Wisdom so ancient, so profoundThat it changes everything you thoughtYou already knew.Listen. © 2026 Deb Dorsett Hanson

Sketchbook Saturday: Winter’s quiet

A place for deep listening Winter woods, still and quietBut not reallyIf you're still long enoughVoices come, stories unfold.Wisdom so ancient, so profoundThat it changes everything you thoughtYou already knew.Listen. © 2026 Deb Dorsett Hanson

Video: ‘Possum Pantry

Last weekend, we took our Christmas tree outdoors and set it up in our bird feeding station. We then decorated it with orange and apple slices, Cheerio garlands, and pine cones covered with peanut butter and bird seed. We do this to give our tree a second purpose as winter…

#listening #nature #deeplistening #winter #intentionalliving

Deep Listening: Noticing Nature’s Quiet Signals We are here, and we should live our lives deeply. - Thich Nhat Hanh I sat in the woods listening as the morning unfolded, the sun inching its way above the horizon. Wrapped in a blanket, I sat contentedly, waiting. I closed my eyes. Traffic hummed in the distance. Birds stirred up leaves looking for worms or bugs or seeds. The trees were silent and still.

Deep Listening: Noticing Nature’s Quiet Signals

We are here, and we should live our lives deeply. - Thich Nhat Hanh I sat in the woods listening as the morning unfolded, the sun inching its way above the horizon. Wrapped in a blanket, I sat contentedly, waiting. I closed my eyes. Traffic hummed in…

Music Mondays: Listening during Winter’s Quiet I looked out my back windows yesterday morning, and saw gray. The yard was hidden by the porch floor. The pine tree tops were above the roof line. All I could see at eye level were leafless, gray tree limbs in the sleepy dawn, reaching skyward in silent stillness. It was a gentle reminder that winter is for rest, quiet, stillness; a time to listen and reflect.

Music Mondays: Listening during Winter’s Quiet

I looked out my back windows yesterday morning, and saw gray. The yard was hidden by the porch floor. The pine tree tops were above the roof line. All I could see at eye level were leafless, gray tree limbs in the sleepy dawn, reaching skyward in…

Embracing Intentional Living for 2026 Happy New Year! Sunrise at Pokeberry Pines, January 1st 2026 Last January, my good friend, Meredith, started texting me each day with the statement "you know life is good when...." and she'd share something about her life that brought her joy in that moment. I would reply with a similar statement, like "you know life is good when you wake up to see a beautiful sunrise outside your door".

Embracing Intentional Living for 2026

Happy New Year! Sunrise at Pokeberry Pines, January 1st 2026 Last January, my good friend, Meredith, started texting me each day with the statement "you know life is good when...." and she'd share something about her life that brought her joy in that moment. I…

Embracing Boundless Love in Tough Times Life is messy, for sure. And, at any given moment in someone's life, it feels as if the world is falling apart. You might get a phone call and find out that someone you know is sick, someone died, or someone is in a mental health crisis. Scroll social media and see anger, distrust, and uncivil discourse running rampant. Watch the daily news, and it confirms our worst fears.

Embracing Boundless Love in Tough Times

Life is messy, for sure. And, at any given moment in someone's life, it feels as if the world is falling apart. You might get a phone call and find out that someone you know is sick, someone died, or someone is in a mental health crisis. Scroll social media…

A poem for the ages.... From Poetry of Presence #poem #spider #refugees #fadyjoudah

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