Continue Reading Band-Tailed Pigeons They are sitting in front of my window, courting, day after day. Sometimes they come as a small flock, sometimes just the…
Continue Reading A sense of place My twitter feed regularly sends me images of three artists, without me ever having followed those sources. Riddle me that! I…
Continue Reading Get a Grip, Heuer! Originally, I meant to write about my Trouble with Change. I decided to get a grip instead – let me explain. Columbia River,…
Continue Reading From Pervasion to Perversion per·va·sion/pərˈvāZH(ə)n/noun the process of spreading through and being present or perceived in every part of something. Oxford Languages Dictionary I wish the sculptures I…
Continue Reading May Day Yesterday was May 1st, International Labor Day, the traditional day for honoring workers and workers’ movements internationally. It originated, interestingly enough, out…
Continue Reading Hatched and Hatching I spent more time than anticipated in the wetlands yesterday, coming home so tired that I had it not in me to…
Continue Reading Plant Blindness Maybe it was the cold. Maybe the decline in pollinators. The number of wildflowers were sparse. It made finding every single one…
Continue Reading Earth Day Ruminations Last Friday was Earth Day. The Oak Island nature trail on Sauvies Island had just opened after its annual 6 months-closure to…
Continue Reading Who will find Meaning? Today I want to draw your attention to a superb essay, in ever so many ways. It describes both, the exploration of…
Continue Reading Unintended Consequences My German readers currently have the opportunity to visit an exhibition called Macht! Licht! at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. The title is ambiguous…