extremes in temps

hot! Hot! HOT! April has us burning up - inside and out, inner and outer worlds on fire. As we move into May we are eager for a break, ready to breathe easier, pull back and retreat. 

Here in our little world, the humid heat and hectic doings in our island home leave us panting and plastered. wonder | wander | world pick for this week is a regular and reliable site we rely on to guide and focus us.

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When it comes to intuitive astrology and spiritual wisdom, Forever Conscious has been our go to fave over the years. 

Up above and all around us we've been inundated these past months with Eclipse Season, Mercury Retrograde, and the rare and special alignment of Jupiter and Uranus.

May is a good month to slow down and focus on what we truly value. As we journey through the cosmic energies of May, we are eager to gain greater awareness, expansion of some kind, and a deeper clarity on the journey of transformation we are moving through. 

As Mercury stations direct, we may receive deeper insights and see a clearer path forward. A new or higher truth may also be revealed to us, helping to change our thinking or the direction we’ve been traveling in. 

Here's to a new month and new beginnings for us all! 

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Back when we were young and impressionable, the writing of Rachel Carson introduced us to topics and issues that opened up our world. At wonder | wander | world we are forever grateful for sharing her stories and insights with us.

a classic introduction to the wonders of nature

Author, biologist, conservationist, and leading pioneer of the global environmental movement - her life, legacy, and revolutionary writing have greatly impacted the world. We give homage to the literature and environmental education she shared - which still remain our treasured and eternal companion.

Rachel Louise Carson is well known for her Silent Spring book (1962) that challenged the use of chemical pesticides and launched an environmental movement. Not many knew that before she wrote about the silencing of birds she was a marine biologist and wrote a trilogy about the ocean.

In her essay and book The Sense of Wonder - when her grandnephew visits Carson for a summer at her cottage in Maine - together they wander through the surrounding woods and tide pools. 

Teaching Roger about the natural wonders around them - she relates to her readers how she too experiences them anew - sharing these same magical moments of awe with us, her audience. 

Learn more about her story and legacy. Read her writing for yourself - it is the ideal way to honor her on Earth Day this April 22.