Bird in the hand
First published at A Motley Vision, this essay explores the nature of stewardship by wondering if we understand what stewardship is or if we’ve merely assumed that we understand. Are we fully...
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April 13, 2009 Why do I still do this? Why, at my age, do I follow as if I were nine years old unmarked, unpaved trails away from what I know into the wilds of what I don’t know?  That’s how...
View ArticleWhat I did and thought, Earth Day 2008
Parts of this entry rise a little above-average personal in nature. I don’t mean to make this an “alms before men” post. I want to try to show how easily — for me, anyway — thinking can slide...
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April 21, 2009 (pre-Earth Day) Today, as I head out for the trail into the canyon that will take me past the dead coyote, I decide to call that trail Coyote Trail, or maybe Coyote Way, to remember...
View ArticleEarth Day 2009 (Field Notes #4)
Forgive, please, the late, overhasty and not especially informative nature of this post, but I wished to get something up for Earth Day before the opportunity passed. As usual, consider yourself...
View ArticleGot flight?
I thought it might be nice to make this Got Flight Week on WIZ’s People Month. Posts this week will play with the question: Can humans fly? If you’ve had a flying dream or other liberating...
View ArticleSmarter than we think
I love stories like this. The “Wow-ee!” response of the scientists involved would make for an interesting study, as well as the “maybe it’s the first example of invertebrate tool use but maybe it...
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Field Notes #12: Who Has Seen the Wind? (Pt.3) by Patricia Karamesines
This is the third part of a three-part entry. To read part one, go here. To read part two, go here. Glancing at Belle, I can tell she needs water, and soon. I lead her away from the beaver ponds...
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