Stories find the tellers they need. They nest in us as saw-whet owls and wood ducks nest in trees. More than that, they use us to reproduce themselves. That is one of the parts – one of the few useful parts – humans appear to play in the global ecology. Robert Bringhurst MindWalks are […]
Blue Moon, August 2023 It is 9:10 pm August 31, 2023 and the still full moon has risen from behind Eagle Rock into the fog wafting from the ocean, 6 miles down the canyon, so close and salty tonight. The moon illuminates the irregular cloudy shapes which are obscuring the great Oaks at the edge […]
An LoR conversation featuring Nan Seymour (poet), Patricia Robertson (author), Susan Cerulean (author), Cynthia Travis (author), Deena Metzger (author), Annie Licata (author & web designer), Lise Weil (author) and Kristin Flyntz (author). Sponsored by Dark Matter: Women Witnessing. Listen:
At the edge of madness, you howl diamonds and pearls. -Aberjhani The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place. -Rachel Carson Where is the edge with your name on it? The benthos is a world between worlds. It is the living layer beneath the waters of ocean, rivers and lakes. Benthic communities […]
In the Bible, a rainbow appears to Noah after the flood, when God said, “I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will […]
How does recognition antidote destruction? How does imagination bring healing? Mysterious and little known organisms live within walking distance of where you sit. Splendor awaits in minute proportions. Edward O. Wilson, Biophilia In America today, it’s harder to vote than it is to carry a gun. Harder, it seems, to love than to hate. Certainly, […]
I don’t know what I should talk about – about death or about love? Or are they the same? Svetlana Alexievich, Voices From Chernobyl Where does love come from, if not from death? The DDT article took all the reserve energy I had been gathering since the reset that was Covid in January. I thought, […]
While a picture may indeed be worth a thousand words, a natural soundscape is worth a thousand pictures. Bernie Krause, The Great Animal Orchestra In California, recent rains have rewritten the landscape. Pages of green tell an exuberant story. Dormant seeds and rain-starved roots have authored a collected works now waiting to be read by […]