Vote! Let’s Win This–Take Strength from Nature
My October journal brims with sleepless anxiety that mingles with the word “vote” in a myriad of…
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Wildfire Wake-up: Save Carbon-storing Forests and Celebrate Acts of Heroism
Here in Bend, Oregon, we’re safe so far from the wildfires, but the smoke is thick and…
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Forest Nurses Give Life to the Trees
Across the world, hospital nurses are putting their lives on the line for people suffering and dying…
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Green Ribbon Protest
“Don’t cut me down! Go around.” I’m one of seven women measuring, cutting, and writing on green…
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climate change | conservation | Nature | ocean | poetry | Rivers
“Night Walking” and other Poems of the Mornings
A daily practice of Kim Stafford-inspired writing of recollection, aphorism, and poem attempt has become one of…
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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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climate change | conservation | Democracy | Nature | Philosophy | Wilderness | wildlife
America the “Refugium” – as defined by Barry Lopez- and other revelations from my bookshelf…
I have a winter ritual. I start the day cozied up by the wood stove, nestled on…
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climate change | conservation | flowers | hiking | Nature | trees
Our Love-Hate Relationship with Fire
Fire crackles and pops in our living room wood stove. I’m cozying up on this fall morning…
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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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