Between eye and eye, and mind and mind, there is no distance. Hundreds of millions of years vanish.
Being Present on the Earth
More Magpie Fun: Experimental Flight
Whee! It’s fun to be a magpie, and as for wing-flapping? Not necessary! ~ OK, so I had my camera on the wrong setting today, but you can get the […]
Global Warming, Indigenous Culture and Industrial Nature
Please, forget carbon dioxide for just a minute, if you can. It’s a symptom, not a cause. There is worse. Nature in Canada This mule deer doe is trapped by fences on […]
A Short History of Whiteness in Cascadia
It’s not a physical thing. Apricot in Her White Gown White is a tricky, racial word. Here’s a small piece of a meditation on it from my book in progress, Commonage: The […]
We Are Not At War
When you live on the earth, in the earth and with the earth, culture is shared between creatures, their spirits and their energies, in a relationship built of balancing energy flows, always […]
Wild Child Blooms
I hope the bear is keeping an eye on her mother on the mountain. We’re all like family.
Hello, Oregano!
The first people of spring are the first people of the winter to come. Welcome back! December’s pasta sauce in her first, peppery blush.
My Tomatoes Get a New Home
We are all celebrating. And that’s why posts have been short this past month!
Apples Make Their Own Heat
Here’s my Spigold opening up last week. Note how the sun drew the leaves out quickly, but the flowers take their time, drawn out more slowly by the heat their fur traps […]
Gold Finch Gardeners and Foodies
A male and three female American goldfinches stopped by the other day. The females had a go at the red orach, this lovely salad amaranth. But who am I to complain? They […]
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