Anita Bueno Movement & Design

The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) recently asked me a few questions about what I think about stuff and things, and then actually printed them! I guess I'm still surprised when professional- type folks seem interested in what I think.

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Sometimes it’s hard to articulate the changes that are happening inside you and around you… they are flowing so subtly and incessantly, and emerge cumulatively and progressively.

Today, I feel like everything is all swirling around in spirals. My perception…

Welcome to a new moon and a new season! The creeks are full and the yards are sloppy with freeze/thaw/freeze. I spent about an hour getting my car unstuck from a soft spot in my driveway this weekend.

Some call…

Things I've been musing over…

• Plants have intelligence - see work by Dr. Monica Gagliano
• Trees take care of their offspring - see research by Dr. Suzanne Simard
• Water responds to thought, language and intention - see work by Dr.…

There are certain things that have a particular timing, pace or rhythm that is not negotiable… things like sunsets, tides, seasons, and in today’s case, clarity and healing.

I’ve taken some time off from teaching due to an RA flare…

Today is the 1st day of Kwanzaa!

If you don’t already know about Kwanzaa, I encourage you to check it out and maybe think of folding a bit more meaning and purpose into the last week of the year…

This is typically a time of joy and celebration, but not necessarily for everyone. Is it me, or does this year in particular seem weighted with sorrow near and far? Walking in the woods is the main thing keeping me…

Over the last week, we have gotten 2 back-to-back snowstorms of 8” each, plus it’s currently dumping another 6+ inches outside. I fortunately love snow, and I have a dog that loves snow, and I have friends that have dogs…

It's that time of the year… I could remind you to slow down, to take breaks, to savor time spent with friends and loved ones… but that’s stuff you already know.

Here’s something happening that you might not know: t…

This Sunday, November 9, is Global Grace Day… an international day of inner and outer reconciliation, peace, and hope for a future free of avoidable suffering. It’s also the 36th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. And, completely…

Finally!!!

As the mornings get ever darker in the Fall, I personally cannot wait to get back to real time… Standard Time… time derived from the rising and setting of the sun. Time that correlates to the evolution, over millennia…

As a citizen of the planet, I celebrate all holidays. Hence, we are taking an integration week break for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and the start of the High Holy-days (holi-days!)

My DNA test says I have Ashkinazi…

Spent a week visiting old friends in Maine and Massachusetts last week. Here are some pics.

It was a real vacation... restful and lazy and lovely to be with my peeps... meaning the kind of friends you can talk about…

I got to see the musical brilliance of Jon Batiste, playing with the Philadelphia Symphony at SPAC last night and I am still vibrating with enthusiasm! His music just makes you want to move.

Enjoy one of my favorite songs…

I had planned to be out of town this weekend, but at the last minute, I changed my mind. Yes, I could have cleaned my house (I hate coming home to a messy house), packed my car, and driven to…

Daisy and I go for a walk in the woods every morning and today we visited Carla. It's coming up on 2 years since she passed, and I visit her grave pretty regularly. Today, I was sitting and looking around…

Just being outside has been my respite lately. I find myself talking (and listening) to trees and birds and insects... anything alive actually. And also water and clouds and the sky and stars too. Somehow, it's been keeping things in…

What's good for your brain, reduces stress, and is always available to anyone, anywhere, for free? 

I'm talking about Play! Being silly is not just for kids (or humans, for that matter.) Research shows play throughout life increases mental wellness,…

Lately, I've found myself feeling as if the whole world is burning down around me. There's a whole lot of uncertainty, anxiety and suffering happening out there, from the personal to the political. The things I got accustomed to rely…

What do you see in this picture?

If you said weeds, you're right. And if you said food, you are also right! I am taking a class at the local Cooperative Extension office on foraging that is changing my relationship…

"Capitalism is straight up  behaving like a suicide machine. What would it look like if we rewired this suicide machine to be part of the process of healing ecosystems and supporting life?" 

This quote was taken from a conversation between…

Resting is essential for optimal learning to occur.

Yes, you can just push through and keep chugging along... but if these classes have taught you anything, then you know about the nature of diminishing returns. That's why I schedule…

…and that means Passover, Palm Sunday and Easter.

Over the next 2 weeks, many folks will likely be doing things with family and close friends, which is a perfect time to practice the Feldi philosophies you’ve honed through our lessons…

“What if water wasn’t just a chemical substance, but alive, a being with agency in its own right? Surely an absurd proposition from the perspective of materialism, which believes only those with big brains can feel and think – but…