Poems and Ponders of Thanksgiving
A month ago, I wrote of gathering the strength of the wilds to prevail in a vote…
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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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conservation | garden | Nature | poetry | Rivers
Gift of Good Water
Are you thinking about water as much as I am? Turning on the spigot and placing my hands…
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climate change | conservation | Nature | ocean | poetry | Rivers
“Night Walking” and other Poems of the Mornings
A daily practice of Kim Stafford-inspired writing of recollection, aphorism, and poem attempt has become one of…
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conservation | Nature | poetry | Wilderness
Wild Sunlight
When sunlight goes wild on a late afternoon heading east through Oregon’s John Day Valley, the horizon…
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A Crackle of Grackles
Back in Bend with three-feet of snow, and pine siskins grasping icicles before flitting to feeders, I’m…
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Humming the Bees Back
One hand on throat One hand on heart Deep breath in. Long hum out. Humming the bees…
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