December Poems of Whimsy & Wander
“Writing poetry, you have to skip light-footed just ahead of logical thought.” –Kim Stafford This month, I…
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birds | butterflies | Nature | ocean | trees
The Woman Who Slept in a Tree
Far away on the west coast of Mexico where the sea gentles inward to form a cove…
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Stand Up for Forests of the Southeast
Across the country from where I live in Oregon, my North Carolina friends Jack Spruill and Andy…
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How to Defeat the Biomass and Logging False Solutions to Climate Change
“COP26 is full of false solutions, and we need to make sure they’re integrating real solutions, because…
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Nature | Philosophy | sunlight
Opening my Eyes Anew in Covid Time
“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes…
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climate change | conservation | forests | lakes | Nature
Waldo Lake – protect wildlands to save pure waters
Dawn mist flows across Waldo Lake like frosty breath. Mountain hemlocks spire to the sky and embrace…
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The Sound of Sunflowers Singing
Our yard brims with a chaotic beauty of blooming bright yellow sunflowers and the slurred sweet notes…
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climate change | conservation | forests | Nature | Rivers | wildfire
Lostine River Corridor Logging: Lament and a Promise
How often do we circle back to the places we tried to save and could not? What…
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A Constancy of Calling Kingfishers
Wow! Sometimes what else can you write after two splendid hours in the presence of chattering, rattling,…
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