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The Backlash of Brevity
I once had a magazine editor tell me he wanted an article brief enough to read on the toilet. ...
Sep 26, 2019


Greed
We devour. We devour landscapes and watersheds until they are scarred and poisoned. We devour plants and animals and ecosystems, culture ...
Sep 19, 2019


Late Summer
There is a time when we go walking, and we notice it has changed. All of the sudden hillsides are striped with purple and gold asters ...
Sep 12, 2019


Solitude & Silence
Today I felt I was going to crawl out of my skin. So many people pulling on me. So many demands. So much attention to time. So little of it.
Aug 9, 2019


Gittin' Close
I see them coming and begin preparing. I settle my energy down into my feet, grounding into the earth ...
Aug 2, 2019


Singing the Creek Alive, Part 2
Contemplating our ecological role in environments around the planet inserts us back into the system, mends the ghastly rip modern society ..
Jul 26, 2019


Singing the Creek Alive, Part I
I led a Nature Writing workshop last week – out in the dead center of the blooming Mule’s Ears, Columbine, Lupine and Indian Paintbrush. ...
Jul 19, 2019


At the Center of the Sunflower: A Summer Solstice Tale
On the Summer Solstice this year I went back to see the Great Blue Herons, the 23 that surprised me on my birthday ...
Jul 5, 2019