birds | conservation | Nature | ocean | Philosophy
What Makes a Halcyon Day?
When I set out to follow the belted kingfisher, I started with the intrigue of a definition….
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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 | butterflies | conservation | Nature | Philosophy | running
Dream Only Large Dreams
“Dream only large dreams, for they have the power to fire people’s souls.” …
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By-the-wind Sailors Carry a Blue Message
The beach is blue, as if some crazed artist had dyed every foam line on this spring…
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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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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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