Cormorant Wisdom: Spread Your Wings Wide in the Sun
Every morning in Charleston, Oregon, double-crested cormorants greet the dawn. They perch singly or in pairs on…
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Where the Side Trails Lead
“That trail don’t go nowhere. Bridge is out.” I wave at the weathered man leaning against his…
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camping | conservation | hiking | Nature | Philosophy
Wilderness Revery on top of Eagle Cap
“One time the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun ”…
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Air Mattress Birding on Morgan Lake
Summer birding can be mighty fine on Morgan Lake, a few miles above La Grande, Oregon. No…
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architecture | barns | Nature | Philosophy
Storied Barns of Foothills Road
Running this morning before the heat of summer tunes up, I pause by each old barn along…
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birds | conservation | Nature | ocean
Oregon Coastal Islands: Rocking With Sea Birds
Close your eyes here by the edge of the Pacific Ocean, here by the fortress island of basalt cloaked in…
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birds | conservation | Nature | trees | wildlife
Ode to Wildlife Snags
Long live the forest in all its glory of young and old, of dying and dead, of…
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archeology | birds | butterflies | camping | conservation | Nature | Philosophy | Rivers
Free-flowing 4th of July
What is it to be free? To be independent? To be brave? A free-flowing river can…
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birds | camping | Nature | Philosophy | travel
A Wandering Naturalist Follows the Kingfisher
I wrote this piece to publish in a magazine a few months ago and now I’ve made…
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Umatilla Rim: Shaking up our World View
Sometimes you have to shake it up. Lie on your back and gaze up at the clouds. Turn…
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