Spring: Snow, Water, Wildfire, and Gardening
The BC River Forecast Centre (RFC) released their April 1 snow survey bulletin this week. April 1st snow water equivalent (the depth of water you’d … Read more
Sarah
Coming to Terms with the Past
Since I had my knee injury I’ve been sitting around pretty much doing nothing. I regularly ice my knee, and do loops around the house … Read more
Wild Geese
This week has been a bit much. In good news, my book review came out in Science, and my first literary piece comes out at … Read more
A Single Moment
In her memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion focuses on how life can change in a single moment. Her husband dies suddenly, while … Read more
Wandering the Web: Feminism, Reading, Thoreau Surveying, and California Water Photography
This last week has been incredibly busy, and wasn’t helped by a day spent in bed and another day spent recuperating from being in bed. … Read more
Improve Your Productivity By Making Time for Rest
If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that, because of my illness, I have limited time in the day to do things … Read more
It’s the End of the World as We Know it… (and I Don’t Feel Fine)
On climate change, politics, and the power of good women writers. The last week has been pretty chilly for the Coast, especially for February. Where … Read more
Should We Stay or Should We Go?
When we first moved to this house I was convinced we’d never move. I wrote: “At some point you have to take a deep breath, … Read more
When it comes to nature, what language are we speaking?
Spring seems as though it’s halfway here, but it can’t make up its mind. The daffodils are starting to sprout, as is the garlic. The … Read more
Writing a Book
I’ve always wanted to write a book (or two, or three). But it always seemed as though there was some alchemy involved, some incantation that … Read more
