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February 11, 2023
2/8/23 Photo; The Sierra Club Her Deepest Ecologies is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid …
January 27, 2023
1/25/23 As I mentioned in my last post, I am now hosting an open, multi-genre writing group at Village Books called Environmentalists Anonymous. This is an …
January 23, 2023
podcast update + a call for rest It is swan season in the Skagit Valley where I live. Trumpeter swans arrive in late October from their …
October 19, 2022
Thank you for your patience. As it goes during the spring and summer on our farm, I often run out of steam by the end …
July 15, 2022
remembering our smallness+bigness (Photo from NPR.org) The images this week from the James Webb Space Telescope are quite stunning and, for lack of …
June 24, 2022
Where climate fiction and real news collide As Washington State was having one of its wettest and coldest springs on record, I finally had a …
May 20, 2022
climate anxiety + mom guilt Someone in my writing group recently noticed how much climate anxiety + parent guilt is showing up in my newer essays. She …
May 13, 2022
art amplifying news One title reads, “Glacial outburst destroys strategic bridge connecting Pakistan with China.” Another, “Bridge crumbles after heatwave triggers floods.” The footage is …
May 6, 2022
notes + quotes photo credit: karolina grabowska Many know intellectually that our relationship with the ecosystems that hold us, how we use and conserve natural resources, …
April 29, 2022
social media + the future of art After the Twitter deal with Elon Musk was announced I had to sit with myself. What is social media …
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The Five Stages of Ecological Grief: A Framework for Ecopoetry~happy earth day + national poetry month~
~happy earth day + national poetry month~ The content below was originally paywalled. photo credit: Markus Spiske The Five Stages of Ecological Grief: A Framework for …