Welcome to All Beings Sanctuary. This is my land in the Arkansas Ozarks, which I dream of becoming the future home of the Animal Earth Alliance, a friendly network to unite, empower and inspire everyone working for the animals and the earth.
Where things stand: it’s all still in the dreaming stage; the Common House is dried in and livable but still needs its wood stove and finish work, and I’m looking for one person or a small group to come help.
Welcome! This blog has carried many of my dreams over the years: community, healing, faith, family and the land. My vision has changed many times. Now I believe I have found my purpose. I dream of All Beings Sanctuary, my land in the Arkansas Ozarks, becoming the future headquarters of the Animal Earth Alliance (AEA). It’s all still in the dreaming stage, and I’m so excited about it.
The Alliance exists to unite, empower, inspire, uplift and energize all the people and organizations working for the animals and the earth, so we can work together in a healthy community, and all of life can thrive.
Start here
- Home of the Animal Earth Alliance: our purpose and what I hope the Alliance becomes
- The Common House and the Land: what is here now, and what we hope to build
- Come Help: I’m looking for one person, or a small group, to help
- The Animal Earth Alliance blog: how the Alliance works, and our first online think tank, coming in 2027
The older posts on this blog are a record of my journey. Some describe plans I’ve since changed. I’ve added a short note to the top of those posts, so you’ll know where things stand now.
Our family of blogs
The Animal Earth Alliance unites, empowers and inspires everyone who works for the animals and the earth. All Beings Sanctuary is its dreamed-of future home. The Living Springs Log House, about 10 minutes away, is where the idea for the Alliance was born. Want to be part of it? Come help or subscribe.
Patricia Mikkelson
I wrote this together with Claude, an AI from Anthropic.
