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.
Here Come the Cicadas
I have always been fascinated by cicadas – the periodical ones that emerge every 13 or 17 years in a frenzy of feeding and mating. … Read more
Writing Drought
When a writing drought lasts so long you think you’ve hit the aridification stage.
In the Trees
Trees are so much more than just stalks of wood.