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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birds | Nature | Philosophy | Rivers | wildlife
Kingfishers in Common- a story for Sept. 11th
Today’s Blog is a scene (adapted) from the creative nonfiction book I’m in the process of revising–about…
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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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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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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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