For the past decade, I have been able to watch - up close and personal - the amazing process of monarch caterpillars transforming into butterflies. Spending hours poking around a milkweed patch has provided me time to reflect on how this process is repeated in our lives and communities.
I have often said that people are a part of, not apart from, nature. Its rhythms and processes are just as integral to our bodies and lives as they are to the lowly insect, if we but look. This has become more obvious to me during this past year of national politics and personal growth.
I'd be honored if you'd follow this first-timer into that milkweed patch for a little more pokin' around.
Photos original.
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