Sign up for newsletters
Search this blog
Category Archives: nature
Radicalized by a creek
A story in today’s San Francisco Chronicle pasted a huge smile on my face. It’s about the Butters Canyon Conservancy in Oakland, California, which recently passed a significant milestone—sealing the deal on the last for-sale property along a green stretch … Continue reading
A peace of eagles
Some decades ago the American poet and producer James Lipton revived interest in an old word tradition—giving fanciful names to groups of animals. An Exaltation of Larks explored how English hunters and word lovers in the fifteenth century pursued with … Continue reading
Posted in nature, spirituality, writing
Tagged attitudes toward animals, bald eagles, writing
2 Comments
Beside the White River
I caught my first-ever glimpse of Arkansas this week—a quick trip to attend a wedding in Calico Rock, in the Arkansas Ozarks at the far north of the state. Beautiful country! We stayed in a cabin peeking between trees, perched … Continue reading
Reciprocity
I’ve been thinking about reciprocity lately—how it holds relationships together. How partnerships end if one or the other takes more than gives. How wars start over lack of reciprocity—disrespect, seizing land, taking resources. How contracts aren’t successful and trades don’t … Continue reading
Posted in nature, politics, spirituality
Tagged economics, indigenous traditions, reciprocity
6 Comments
Granite Dells
One of the last things I did before leaving Prescott, Arizona, was climb over rocks in Granite Dells near sunset.