Heat Wave: Poems and Aphorisms
FRAGILE CloudBurstOutpoursRain uponParchedlips Lipsof lupineWelcomeFuzzybees PollencoatsBee feetIn goldendust SunlightDiamondsOne DropletBalancedon thetippingleaf RATTLESNAKE CREEK From high mountain springsJeweled…
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Let’s Keep it Wild- Lookout Mountain in the Ochocos
Sometimes I don’t reveal favorite places, nor do you. We want to keep them secret within our…
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conservation | forests | Nature | trees | wildlife
Witness Tree
“One tree, by being deeply wounded,Has been impressed as Witness Tree”— Excerpt from poem “Beech” in A…
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birds | climate change | conservation | forests | Nature
White-headed Woodpecker – Messenger from Ancient Pines- Comes to our Yard
Last day of April. Last chance to write a second blog of the month. On a morning…
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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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