Paying Attention

"...in the desert there is everything and there is nothing. Stay curious. Know where you are--your biological address. Get to know your neighbors--plants, creatures, who lives there, who died there, who is blessed, cursed, what is absent or in danger or in need of your help. Pay attention to the weather, to what breaks your heart, to what lifts your heart. Write it down."

--Ellen Meloy, November 2004