One Year
It’s been a year since my dad passed away, and I’m still coming to terms with it.
Waiting
Lately I feel like I’ve been waiting for many things – but how productive is waiting, really?
On Being a Dog Person
Being a dog person means breaking your heart every time you lose a dog.
Heatwave Aftermath
Heatwaves in the Pacific Northwest are bad news for the coastal temperate rainforest.
Heatwave!
The recent Pacific Northwest heatwave has implications for future climate in this region.
Shifting Baseline Syndrome
Two weeks ago I read an article in our regional newspaper about the drought on Vancouver Island and I thought “drought, what drought?” It seemed … Read more
Another Illness
Well I already have one chronic illness, why not add another?
What is “Nature?”
What if we excised “nature” and “wilderness” from our language – how would we relate to the natural world?
The Salt Path and The Wild Silence
This past week I read two books by Raynor Winn, a UK nature writer. The Salt Path is the first, which was followed by The … Read more
Feeling Human
We don’t realize what the pandemic has taken away from us until we go out in public and remember what it’s like to be amongst people again.