backyards | bees | birds | climate change | conservation | flowers | Nature
Pluck Seeds from a Star
Pluck seeds from a star Hold tight to the swaying stem Siskin on sunflower Our front yard…
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Farewell to Summer
No more tripping over you in the kitchen As you wait for dropped crumbs. No more hearing…
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Davis Lake Light Show
Do not look away. Nothing is more important. This thunder is the drumroll for a light show…
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Pandora Moth Date Night
Pandora moths by the thousands are storming the pines of Central Oregon. Males beat their battered wings…
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birds | conservation | Democracy | Nature
Interdependence Day: Time for a New Celebration
This July 4th morning I woke contemplating why Interdependence Day resonates more than Independence Day. I believe interdependence forms…
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The Tug of Home and our Pollinator Garden
Just as I’m about to head to the Wild East for an Appalachian Trail adventure in the…
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backyards | bees | birds | conservation | Nature
A Brush with Beauty
Brush. The word connotes a thorny nuisance. Change the word to shrub and the image shifts a…
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Night Shift Blues for the Barred Owl
A cacophony of Canada Jays in a rage shakes the somnolence of midday within a wild forest…
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backyards | bees | butterflies | farm | Nature
Terroir- can you taste the wild?
The native bees awake to spring sunshine and the terroir of our blooming manzanita bush. Terroir (pronounced…
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conservation | Nature | poetry | Wilderness
Wild Sunlight
When sunlight goes wild on a late afternoon heading east through Oregon’s John Day Valley, the horizon…
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