May 2025 Newsletter


Greetings, Dear Jennifer!



I hope this newsletter finds you well.


We want to remind you about an exciting new offering! If you are in the vicinity of Bainbridge Island, please join us for a collaboration between Bloedel Reserve and TEALarbor stories - Writing Through the Seasons: Summer. We will meet five times over two months at Bloedel and explore through roaming and writing what the season has to tell us. This offering continues into fall and winter, each season offering new material to expand our relationship with the land and with our writing. All writers and non-writers welcome. For more info and to register, click here.


Please join us this month for:


  • May 3rd (Sat.) Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN) Spring Bazaar 8890 Three Tree Lane NE, Bainbridge, Free Entry 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM


  • May 5th (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific / 9:00 - 10:30 AM Central This event repeats each month, so mark your calendars now for June 2nd.


  • May 15th (Thurs.) Interfaith Climate Work and Compassionate Spiritual Ecology via Zoom Pay What You Can (register) 8:00 – 8:50 AM Pacific


And register now to join us next month for:


  • Jun. 2nd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific 


  • Jun. 3rd – Aug. 5th (Tues.) Writing Through the Seasons: Summer (register)



Scroll down for details about upcoming events.


May this midseason month offer you beauty and wellbeing.


Blessings,

Jennifer Wilhoit 

Founder, TEALarbor stories


Important Dates

Learn more about all of these here.

Registration for most paid events closes one week prior to start date.


TEALarbor stories' new Spiritual Ecology Training is available with rolling admissions and one-on-one mentorship. Join us now!


May 3rd (Sat.) Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN) Spring Bazaar 8890 Three Tree Lane NE, Bainbridge, Free Entry

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Check out all the wonderful vendors selling their gorgeous handcrafted art! I'll be there selling two of my books and my landscape collage print cards.


May 5th (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific


May 15th (Thurs.) Interfaith Climate Work and Compassionate Spiritual Ecology via Zoom Pay What You Can (register) 8:00 – 8:50 AM Pacific


Jun. 2nd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific 


Jun. 3rd – Aug. 5th (Tues.) Writing Through the Seasons: Summer (register)

Non-member $350.

Bloedel Member $275.

BARN Member $300.

Member of Bloedel & BARN $250.


Jun. 9th – Aug. 27th WE (Whole Earth) Cohorts via Zoom $650./3 months Email Jennifer for info and to register.


Jul. 7th (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific 


News

Read more about all of these here (or click the teal fonts below).


I'm so happy to tell you that my third book, Writing on the Landscape, is now being sold at Bloedel, our lovely local nature reserve.


On Apr. 16th I presented at the conference, Laudato Si - On Care for Our Common Home: Spiritual, Social, Ecological, and Policy Perspectives, offered by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, EICSP, Scottish Charity. Read more.


Apr. 7th we gathered for our monthly Compassionate Spiritual Ecology time together. We're beginning to combine the values for a richer experience...Read more.


I'm happy to share that my photo Sunrise in a Natal Lily was published (Mar. 2025) on the EarthSky site. 


On Sunday Mar. 16th, I gave my sermon "Spiritual Life as an Ecotone" at Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church on Bainbridge Island. This talk focused on the potent inner/outer landscape: the intersection between who we feel we are internally and how we behave in the world. Read more and find the link to the full audio.


On Mar. 3rd we hosted our monthly Compassionate Spiritual Ecology Virtual Gathering. Those of us who attended had the opportunity to share deeply as we looked at the intersection of the CSE values of interconnectedness and reverence, and how these look in practice. Read more.


On Feb. 21st, our local Interfaith Climate Circle offered another Web of Life event. This one we titled: For the Love of Earth Re-membering Our Dependence on Soil. Read more.


Each morning, Feb. 4th – 6th, I offered Love, Serve, Abide: Spiritual Ecology as Lifestyle. I have been gifting interactive experiences to attendees of World Interfaith Harmony Week (A United Nations Official Observance) for a number of years now. Read more.


The Compassionate Spiritual Ecology Virtual Gathering occurred again on Feb. 3rd. We had a very full Zoom room of heart-centered, Earth-loving participants. Read more.


On Feb. 1st, I joined with my colleagues at the Interfaith Climate Circle to offer a Climate Cafe. This model of conversation follows that of the Death Cafes. Read more.


We kicked off the new year with our Compassionate Spiritual Ecology gathering via Zoom. It was an even deeper engagement than before with folks convening from a few U.S. states and the Philippines. Read more.


The Spiritual Ecology Training has rolling admissions and one-on-one mentorship. You can join in anytime. Join us now!


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TEALarbor stories' newsletters offer inspiration, encouragement, beauty; inform about the connection between story, the natural world, and all things writerly; and promote professional writing, guiding, and peacemaking services.

Training


Spiritual Ecology Training is now available through TEALarbor stories.  As a way of life, Spiritual Ecology is powerful, transformative, and deeply nourishing! It is simultaneously impactful at the level of the individual as well as at community, regional, and global scales. This is an offering of passion, a creative work of the heart, and a means for navigating transition - personally and collectively. Read more about it on the website, or contact me. 

For Inspiration

Support/Resources

YouTube videos


Need a little inspiration, a moment of beauty, a virtual trip through the forest?


My Jennifer J. Wilhoit, Ph.D. YouTube channel has loads of offerings, categorized by playlist. These include webinars, trainings, podcasts, televised interviews, blog videos, as well as short snippets of creative and nature-based inspiration. Learn, be inspired, find beauty and healing here.

Blog of the Month

My blog illustrates interconnections among our inner life, the social world, and natural landscapes and beings.


I typically post three times a week:

  • meditative practices (Mondays);
  • photos and creative work (Wednesdays); and
  • writings (Fridays). *Please note that Friday posts are on hold until I finish editing my book manuscript.

Please click here to see "First Sunrise," this month's featured post.

Online Courses

TEALarbor stories offers four online courses that are available "on demand" (which means you sign up and complete the course whenever you want).


This foundational course provides an overview of spiritual ecology, with practices for compassionate engagement with the more-than-human world. It is one of the prerequisites for Spiritual Ecology Training. 


  • Writing on the Landscape: The Book Experienced $50. Learn more


  • Instructors' Guide to Writing on the Landscape $25. Learn more


  • Growing Words of Compassion: Nature and Writing Practices to Love By $65. Learn more

 

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