Spring Laundry: April National Poetry Month
Poems of April, 2021, by Marina Richie Spring Laundry Strung pine to pine treeClothesline sways in colorsBlue-checked…
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Poems on the Cusp of Spring
THIS IS HOW TO SAY METOLIUS Say song sparrow flittingAmong ocean sprayNot yet leafing Say dipper flexingComical…
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conservation | forests | Nature | trees
The Key to a Long Life
Grow slowly. Heed the wisdom of long-lived trees. Heed the scientists who study the ancient trees and…
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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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birds | camping | forests | Nature | Wilderness
One Day At Nutcracker Lake
When I was a child, I discovered naturalist Sally Carrighar’s books, including One Day at Teton Marsh,…
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A Canyon Wren Sings from the Lava
Canyon Wren song rainbows the morning in a falling arc of three-second beauty, the fluted notes slowing…
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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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birds | conservation | forests | Nature | Philosophy | Wilderness | writing
A Month of Nature-Inspired Aphorisms
“…in attending to this wilderness, I knew myself to have been instructed for life…” Henry Bugbee
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Pandora Moth Date Night
Pandora moths by the thousands are storming the pines of Central Oregon. Males beat their battered wings…
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