birds | climate change | conservation | family | forests | kingfisher
A Kingfisher Runs Through It
“You can love completely without complete understanding.”—Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories When…
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activism | climate change | conservation | forests | hiking | oregon | Wilderness
Drift Creek Wilderness– A Tribute
I’m drifting back in time in Drift Creek Wilderness, the largest remaining protected ancient forest in the…
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birds | climate change | forests | Nature
What do Birds Ask of Us?
I’m holding a hermit warbler –my right hand cupped gently under the bird as my left forefinger…
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Protect our Wise Forests: the “Immanent Groves”
“What is learned in the Immanent Grove is not much talked about elsewhere. It is said that…
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birds | climate change | Nature | poetry
Questions for Raven Watchers and other poems
Who is Raven? Trickster. Light bringer. Change maker. Storm flyer. Ravenous.
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Shake Off Our Heavy Snow
When I woke to heavy icy snow cloaking the trees last week, I had a choice. I…
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art | climate change | Nature | poetry
Bird Girl Leaps- more poetry!
Winding up September with rich experiences–from my book tour via Missoula, Spokane, and La Grande to hugging…
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Save Worrell Wayside Park
December 8, 2022 update to the story: Local activists prevail! A Victory—for now. We must be ever…
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birds | climate change | conservation | forests | Nature | trees
Tall Tree Climb
Solemnity. A state of grace. Embraced by fir, cedar, and hemlock. I am about 175 feet up…
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Why I Love Wilderness with a big “W”
“To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we…
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