Earthfire Stories

Reconnection Ecology® is a framework which changes how we think about ecology and which can be applied by anyone, anywhere. It’s an invitation to ourselves to live in true companionship with nature, and then live our lives from a basis of connection.

Three wolves silhouetted against an image of the moon and stars

Earthfire’s first obligation is the care of our animals. The next is to share the incredible, unsuspected capacities they have and how much they are like us in their emotional...

Ramble the brown bear lounging in a hammock made out of retired fire hoses

The following are journal entries from a book I am currently working on, tentatively titled Stories from the Sanctuary. Our Bears Don’t Like Red Delicious Apples I mean, our bears...

Panorama view of “The Wild Table of Love”, a large bronze sculpture by Gillie and Marc, at Paddington Station.

This incredible sculpture is an invitation to join the best banquet in the world. Rabbitwoman and Dogman play host to the party. Their guests are ten of the world’s most...

Sanctuary wolf siblings Akela and Kaya playing in the wolf garden at Earthfire Institute
The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs of Earthfire

More than a quarter century ago, Jean and I dreamed together, he from his unheated, unfinished cabin high in the Uinta mountains in the company of wolves, and I from...

Small log cabin against a backdrop of aspen trees that have turned yellow in the fall

After October’s Penelope Smith retreat on animal communication, Wildlife, The Earth and Us: Learning From Wild Teachers, we received the following poem from retreat participant Wendy Haskell. We wanted to...

Coyote standing at the top of a red sand dune

In doing research on coyotes for an interview for On Wildlife, I came across an astonishing story. So astonishing that I researched the source to be sure it was legitimate...

Bare feet of woman standing barefoot outdoors in nature

On June 13th, we held our quarterly Storytelling Circle with a virtual group of local and international storytellers and Earthfire supporters. The conversation exceeded expectations for what is possible when...

White bison grazing in a pasture with two horses, with the Teton mountain range in the background

The part of our Earth that Earthfire calls home spoke to Jean and myself as soon as we saw it. There was something about it, hard to express… It felt...

Woman sitting at the end of a dock on a lake surrounded by mountains and pine forest

Last month, I wrote that when our lines of connection to other living beings are dimmed, our access to understanding the connections available to us in nature becomes limited. Inherent...

Owl peeking out from behind a tree in the forest
Tuning to Our Instinct for Reciprocity

When our line of connection to other living beings is dimmed, our access to the understanding of the relationships and joy available to us in nature becomes limited. Inherent in...

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