Blog Posts

It’s a Sci-Fi World

By Karen B. Shea / May 22, 2024 /

It’s a Sci-Fi world when alien-looking creatures invade the earth. Join me on a peaceful morning that takes a sci-fi turn with the emergence of cicadas!

I Could Breathe Again

By Karen B. Shea / January 10, 2024 /

my soul yearned for a walk in the rain 
my mind pleaded this is not rational 
but echoes rang throughout as each raindrop called my name…

Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone

By Karen B. Shea / November 21, 2023 /

It sounded exotic and interesting, and it was definitely outside my comfort zone. Which is exactly why I wanted to go. Joshua Tree National Park..

Silent Reflections: A Tranquil Moment in Grand Teton NP

By Karen B. Shea / August 23, 2023 /

Grand Teton National Park holds a magic all to its own. I know better than to let the stillness and quiet fool me, for I know just beyond view critters of all sorts can suddenly appear.

What makes a weed a weed?

By Karen B. Shea / April 13, 2023 /

What makes a weed a weed? I often ponder this question, especially when spring arrives and the many new shoots begin to sprout up everywhere. By definition a weed is….

The Soul Knows

By Karen B. Shea / August 24, 2022 /

Our soul, or subconscious, knows everything that can and will happen in our lives. It’s the conscious mind that is left in the dark and, ironically, the part of the mind we most seemingly depend upon and follow. The subconscious mind is an act of faith. A trusting. A knowing. That is why we get tripped up by it. And how does judgement play a role?

A New Day Dawns

By Karen B. Shea / June 10, 2022 /

The wee morning hours are singular moments of life awakening—each in its own way and on its own terms. Subtleties that, within hours, will meld into a community of motion that turns into day.

NATURE: Divine Experiences with Trees, Plants, Stones and Landscapes

By Karen B. Shea / March 24, 2022 /

Nature intuitive Ana Maria Vasquez leads you into the landscape of remembrance, the era of which ancient teachings have spoken in her first book NATURE: Divine Experiences with Trees, Plants, Stones and Landscapes, and the third book in the Common Sentience book series.

One for the Story Book

By Karen B. Shea / January 11, 2022 /

It is launch day for ANIMALS: Personal Tales of Encounters with Spirit Animals with Dr. Steven Farmer! I sit in wonder how my name appears on the cover of this book with a well-known author and shamanic practitioner, and so many other inspirational writers.

My Valley Home

By Karen B. Shea / July 22, 2021 /

I sit before this vast wilderness soaking in the untamed beauty that surrounds me. Rising majestically from the ground before me is Open Door—Matriarch of the Valley. Her green rolling hills give way to granite cliffs that give way to a vertical incline speckled with trees that gives way to a shale face that touches the sky.