#byrd baylor

[cutiewithawakenedheart]

"Go outside and face the east and greet the sun

with some kind of blessing or chant or song

that you made yourself."

----Byrd Baylor

[oakpinejuniper]

just did a deep dive in my mind to recall this author, Byrd Baylor. i read her books when i was living in massachusetts and really becoming in tune with the natural worlds rhythms. her works, “everyone needs a rock” and “the way to start a day” stick with me. the illustrations by Peter Parnall are equally wonder-filled and wonder-filling. i want all of their books!!!!

[nihilistic-wobbufet]

So.. when I was a child my favorite book was called "The Desert is Theirs" by Byrd Baylor. I spent a good chunk of my childhood growing up on a reservation in AZ and the words and art just spoke to me on such a fundamental level even way back then. Well.. we moved around a lot after that and we lost a lot along the way. One of those things was my copy of this book. I found an old copy at a used book store and was elated. It was only when I got it home that I realized that this is a Signed Copy!!! Oh be still my heart!

[strathshepard]

[strathshepard]

[a-wandering-raccoon]

Echinocereus

Sonoran Desert, March 2020

“When a cactus blooms, you should be there to watch it because it might be a color you won’t see again any other day of your life” -Byrd Baylor

[ecstaticmagic]

On Listening

The old man said, "Most people never hear those things at all."

I said, "I wonder why."

He said, "They just don't take the time you need for something that important."

—Excerpt from ‘The Other Way To Listen’ by Byrd Baylor + Peter Parnall

[rocknrollaway]

Part one (part two)