Running the Badlands Wilderness
Every step in the Badlands Wilderness is a cushioned landing on sand. Every breath inhaled is far from…
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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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Riding the Storm like Waves of Seabirds
Everything here on the Oregon coast in a storm comes in waves – the bands of heavy…
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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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architecture | birds | city | Nature | Philosophy | tourism | travel
Gawking at Skyscrapers & Birding Central Park
How can you tell who’s a visitor to New York City right away? They’re the ones…
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Nature | Philosophy | writing
Write Like You’re Stacking Wood
“Stack the wood too tightly and it won’t dry; stack it too evenly and the whole…
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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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