Digging into Groundhog Day

By Inspirational Talks
This talk, filled with interesting facts about groundhogs, the history of Groundhog Day, and a reflection on the midpoint of winter, was first presented at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Glens Falls in Queensbury, New York, on February 1, 2026. Groundhog bites mayor! That was the headline in February 2009 after Mike Bloomberg, who was then New York City’s mayor,…
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What is Deep Ecology?

By Blog, Spiritual Ecology
One of my amazing childhood memories is of sitting on a rock at the edge of a pool watching hundreds of tadpoles squiggling and flashing in the spring sunlight. The pool was in the middle of a marsh, and every spring rainwater would fill that pool for the frogs. The marsh was on undeveloped land at the end of my…
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