birds | conservation | Nature | Rivers | trees
Not Lost Yet: Saving the Lostine River Corridor
“A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness” – William O. Douglas Look…
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art | birds | conservation | Nature | Wilderness | writing
Losing What’s Precious – Lessons from the Cloud
“My manuscript. It’s missing.” I’m on the phone with the computer tech person John who I’ve come…
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birds | climate change | conservation | Democracy | Nature
Flocking Together- the parallels of birds & the Women’s March
Last Saturday, I joined a flock of 5000 strong in Bend, Oregon. We gathered first in snowy…
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architecture | birds | city | Nature | Philosophy | tourism | travel
Gawking at Skyscrapers & Birding Central Park
How can you tell who’s a visitor to New York City right away? They’re the ones…
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Nature | Philosophy | writing
Write Like You’re Stacking Wood
“Stack the wood too tightly and it won’t dry; stack it too evenly and the whole…
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conservation | Nature | Philosophy | writing
December Vow- More “Ands” and Fewer “Buts”
I’m editing my kingfisher manuscript. Every time I see where I’ve written the word “but,” I strike it…
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Face Your Danger
If you’ve ever rafted whitewater, you know the term,”face your danger.” Hold your oars firmly. Point the…
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conservation | Nature | oregon | Philosophy | poetry
Fortitude
FORTITUDE of broken willow sprouting new shoots: FORTITUDE of cracked apple tree trunk bearing fruit: LOVE gives us…
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The Trees are Listening- Are we?
How do you listen to a well-told story? You might be in the kitchen, tuned in to the…
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“One Raindrop Raises the Sea”
The first raindrops fall outside. “Attend to my work,” I remind myself of an approaching deadline. Yet,…
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