Welcome


Welcome. TerraVita means living, vibrant Earth. This website celebrates and explores the beauty, mystery, and wonder of our home planet through original music, essays, blog posts, poetry, and more.

See upcoming courses and piano performances below. Please see the tabs above for poetry, original piano music, interviews, essays, my blog, and more.

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Friday, June 6, 2025 - Grace Presbyterian Church, Walnut Creek, Calif.
7:30 p.m.
Piano Composers Group


Music videos of my piano works can be found on Youtube at the links below. My Youtube handle is @terravitamedia.

Prelude in Tree Minor
An inspiring celebration of the beauty and magical presence of trees in our lives. Redwood, sycamore, birch, and more.

Meditation #1 
Enter into the beauty and grandeur of our Universe through images and a meditative piano solo. A video to remind us of our deeper connections and larger reality during a stressful and divisive time.

Spring Eternal
A musical offering for stressful times based on Earth’s powers of renewal.

NEW ESSAYS

The Mine and the Rainbow

A New Covenant of Gratitude and Reciprocity



A deluge, a rainbow, and a visit to an open pit mine point the way to a new covenant with Nature in this inspiring account of a visit to southern Arizona during monsoon season. (Published in Parabola Vol. 48 No.4., Winter 2023-24.)

Prairie Heart

A Paean to the Open Plains

An unexpected encounter in an Iowa small town cemetery reconnects the author to his prairie roots and helps him manage grief and embrace gratitude. (Published in Parabola Vol. 49 No.4., Winter 2024-25.)



Magnificent Pedigree

A Paean to Our Deepest Ancestral Roots

Originally entitled "Self as Ancestor," this essay explores how we become ancestors to future generations through cultivation of the Self. And how our most ancient ancestors, even the stars themselves, power that lineage. (Published in Parabola Vol. 47 No.2., Summer 2022.)

 

Toward a New Cultural Reverie

A Cosmological Basis for the Ecological Citizen

How does the evolutionary power of discernment contribute to our landscape of formation and give rise to our choices and actions? This essay explores the notion that in a creative cosmos, depth of seeing is depth of being. (Published in Minding Nature Vol. 13 No.2., Spring 2020.)

Radical Presence

Practicing the Art of Wonder

What can we learn from the hummingbird's love affair with the flower? That which draws us most deeply is what we become. Even more, letting ourselves be drawn to what we truly love is the basis for creativity and deepening complexity in evolution. (Published in Kosmos Vol. 21 No.2., Spring 2021.)


 

Essays and Articles:

Magnificent Pedigree - Published in Parabola, Summer 2022
Sea Around Us, Sea Within Us   
Constant Connection, Total Distraction   
Spiritual Ecology: A Practice of the Heart Beyond a Culture of Fear    
At Home in the Breath  
The Kinglet at the Door  

 

My Blog

Resources:

New human-Earth relations a directory of spiritual ecology centers around the world