Then, as I grew tired, my gaze began to relax. I realized, irrevocably, there is no part of this world, including myself, that is not connected to every other part; the surface that we have taken to be the world is but the beginning.

~ Stephen Harrod Buhner, from “Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm”

Ash Cave Waterfall, OH – photo by Michael Shake, bigstockphoto.com