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What is Your Labor of Love? 8 Simple Ideas To Make the World Better

by T. A. Barron | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, For Educators, For Young Heroes, Heroes, Nature, On Nature & the Environment

What does it mean to be kind? Is it simply about minding your manners and going through the motions?

Seven Ways You can Participate in Earth Day 2020 from Home

by T. A. Barron | Apr 9, 2020 | Blog, For Nature Lovers, Nature, On Nature & the Environment

Although the 50th anniversary of Earth Day will find most of us at home, there are still ways we can celebrate our progress and encourage continued action toward meeting our goals.

Death, Soft on the Snow

by T. A. Barron | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog, Creativity, For Nature Lovers, Nature, On Nature & the Environment, Personal Writing

In 2017, I wrote this poem to celebrate winter in Colorado. In sharing it with you here, I hope to encourage you to look around and find inspiration from your surroundings. The smallest thing – even a footprint in the snow – can lead to creativity!

Live Your Life as a Story

by T. A. Barron | Jun 22, 2017 | Blog, For Young Heroes, Heroes, Inspiration, Nature, On Nature & the Environment

If you folks like a good story, as I do – then try this: Think of your life as a story.

A Story You Create Yourself
My own story is one with an especially bizarre plot: lots of drama, excitement, struggle, surprise, and comedy. Growing up in Colorado, I always dreamed of becoming a writer. To live in a mountain cabin, writing books. My first novel had a terrific reception – rejected everywhere (32 times… but who’s counting?). Rejections hurt —but at least one was very personal: “Dear Sir/Madam”, with “Sir” circled.

Nature: the Ultimate Source of Balance, Inspiration, and Magic

by T. A. Barron | Apr 27, 2017 | Blog, Nature, On Nature & the Environment

I remember the very first time I saw the stars on a high mountain ridge in Colorado. It was a clear summer night; no artificial lights distracted from the vista. The evening was calm, but I could feel a gentle breeze, lighter than an owl’s feather…