Denise Rushing

The Story of All Stories

by | January 25, 2023 | Musing | 0 Comments

Our Universe is ancient and we are so very young in comparison. Are you ready for an experience of deep space and time? Check out this video. Narrated by Brian Cox, Carl Sagan, and David Attenborough, and developed, edited with music, and enhanced with special effects...
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A Watershed Moment

by | June 30, 2022 | Musing | 0 Comments

I need to acknowledge the dire political situation we now face here in the United States. A recent indicator is the fall of Roe v. Wade, but please understand that this is far bigger than one court decision. This is a watershed moment for democracy and justice in the...
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Clean Energy Innovation

by | April 16, 2022 | Musing | 0 Comments

A conversation with Denise and CleanStart about clean energy innovation in California

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Thoughts on Regeneration

by | November 27, 2021 | Musing | 0 Comments

How do we know when we are regenerating land?  Lindsay Dailey, executive director and co-founder of the Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Alliance in Lake County, shares the concepts inherent in "kincentric permaculture". The top strategies are regenerating (and...
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Choose Life

by | October 31, 2021 | Musing | 0 Comments

“Today I give you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!”- Deuteronomy 30:19  Today I’m going to offer...
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The Elem Round House

by | August 7, 2021 | Musing | 1 Comment

A powerful and poignant short film exploring the painting “Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California” (1878)

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Post Doom Interview

by | April 15, 2020 | Musing, New Story | 0 Comments

Michael Dowd and I in a "Post Doom" conversation:
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Lessons from Pachamama – Coming Home

by | January 15, 2019 | Musing | 0 Comments

Coming HomeJust days after we returned home to Lake County, we were evacuated for 12 days due to the Ranch fire.  We worried about the loss of our place and struggled with the nearly unbreathable air.I was reminded of the greatest gift of all from the jungle--the...
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Lessons from Pachamama – The Third Gift

by | January 15, 2019 | Musing | 0 Comments

The Third Gift.On the day we were to leave the jungle, we awoke once again to a downpour.  Our flight out was supposed to be at 8 a.m. The plan was that we would hike there for a hour. so we would need to leave by 7 a.m.  Before we were to leave though, we...
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Lessons from Pachamama – The Second Gift

by | January 15, 2019 | Musing | 0 Comments

"When the Self emerges, the ego takes a hit"The Second GiftI knew before the trip that the Achuar interpret their dreams at four a.m. and we would be invited to join them. What I did not know was that we would face this same treacherous jungle trail --only this time,...
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Lessons from Pachamama – The First Gift

by | January 15, 2019 | Musing | 0 Comments

The First GiftOnce in Ecuador, after a couple days acclimating and exploring the city of Quito, we headed out by bus to the edge rainforest, arriving at the airport city of Shell where we were issued tall mud boots for our jungle adventure. Thanks to our guides and a...
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Lessons from Pachamama – Call to Change the Dream

by | January 15, 2019 | Musing | 0 Comments

Twenty five years ago, the Achuar, an ancient indigenous dream culture deep within the Amazon rainforest in South America, began receiving warnings in their dreams. Their ancestral lands were at risk, not only potentially destroying their way of life, but all life,...
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