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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birds | Nature | Philosophy | writing
Kin(g)fisher Kinship
I woke from a dream, convinced that I’d made a discovery. In some language, kingfisher is “kinfisher.”…
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Nature | trees | Wilderness
Wallowas Wilderness Wisdom
“In nature, nothing exists alone.” – Rachel Carson After a week of smoke-bound home life, the air…
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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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Poems of the Pandemic-inspired by Kim Stafford
With gratitude to poet Kim Stafford–I wrote these poems as part of his recent class offered earlier…
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All My Relations
“The participants in a ceremony say, “All my relations” before and after we pray; those words create…
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Pollen Storm
High winds shake the ponderosas. Golden pollen pours from male cones. Thunder growls above lava fields. Skies…
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