It’s official! In five days I leave for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Yes, I won the blogging contest sponsored by tcktcktck.org, with this winning blog post. Thanks to all of you who commented on the post; the … Read More…
I’m sitting in the audience at a writers’ conference a couple of years ago listening to poets talk about nature. I look forward in this session to being inspired, as I was earlier by Pattiann Rogers, who said, The Earth and … Read More…
So if you’re a regular reader, you know I’m a big fan of calypso orchids (something I discovered I have in common with John Muir) and every spring I go out orchid hunting. This year I got special help from a biologist who … Read More…
We’ve had seventy-plus-degree weather since early March. It’s been glorious—day after day of stunningly beautiful weather. Every flowering tree that was ever planted in Boulder has been blooming for weeks. Flowers are so thick the air is heavy with their scent, … Read More…
That partly depends on you! I’m one of eight finalists for a fantastic blogging prize sponsored by tcktcktck, an organization that runs global campaigns for climate action. Tcktcktck will send one blogger to Rio in June to blog from the … Read More…
You say you never heard of a local bill of rights? You’re not alone. I didn’t know much about it either until I attended Democracy School in February. Local or community bills of rights are ordinances that spell out certain natural rights … Read More…
I saw the first pasqueflower of the season this morning! … Read More…