Outdoor Office on Melodious Creek
Call this creek Melodius, our name for a stream that skips like a light-footed child. Melodius sings…
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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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birds | conservation | Nature | Rivers
Valentine Bird
“The bluish band on the breast of the kingfisher leaves the pure white beneath in the form…
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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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birds | conservation | Nature | Rivers | Wilderness
Listen to the Kingfisher- last call for Wild & Scenic Rivers
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.”- Loren Eiseley Go softly. The…
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conservation | Nature | Rivers | Wilderness
If Otters Could Vote- Yes on Saving the Lostine!
(January 2021 Update: I’m sad to report that the Lostine logging is going forward likely in winter,…
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conservation | hiking | Nature | Rivers
Dave Richie and friends: Why the Appalachian Trail has Soul and Body today
Last Saturday, I listened to one fine conservationist after another sharing stories about my dad Dave Richie,…
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birds | butterflies | camping | Nature | Rivers
Metolius River – Birds, Bliss & Butterflies
Saunter. This is the way to know the Metolius River in June. A Common Yellowthroat (a sunny…
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conservation | Nature | Rivers | trees | wildlife
Saving Ponderosa 58
The ancient ponderosa of the upper Imnaha River bears a ring of blue paint on the front…
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