1.0The Bliss Bloghttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblogEdie Weinstein, MSW, LSWhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblog/author/eweinsteinTree Hugging Hippie - The Bliss Blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7YpfYxFnlz"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblog/2014/04/tree-hugging-hippie.html">Tree Hugging Hippie</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblog/2014/04/tree-hugging-hippie.html/embed#?secret=7YpfYxFnlz" width="600" height="338" title="“Tree Hugging Hippie” — The Bliss Blog" data-secret="7YpfYxFnlz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I have always loved being in nature. Tromping through the woods, making faerie houses out of sticks and twigs, branches and leaves, acorn tops, and those little twirly things that flutter down from trees. When my mother couldn’t easily locate me when I was young, she would walk up the street where there was a…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblog/files/2014/04/Edietreeperch.jpg