This summer lawn mowing season went fairly smoothly. With front, back, and side lawns and front and back fields to be mowed on the rider, regardless of what time of day and level of cloud and hat cover, it was invariably a relaxing, meditative experience. Except for that day. The loud, vibrating mower rolled towards…
Category: nature
TSM 189 — Nature Girl
Nature Girl Mama yells, “don’t get your frock dirty,” asshe skips away to play among wren tinklesand sunbeams through tall stands of pine. Bursting from the dappled path, she glimpseswhere silver ripples the mere speck of a lake;a dancing gingham butterfly flits as flowers sway. Casting off her cap and all the rest, she tip-toesamongst…
Doodads & Getting Fit — Yesterday’s walk
On my month-long blogging break, I got more out of my head and more into my body. The fitness challenge continues. Unless I buy a fat tire bike to ride this winter, bicycling is over until Spring. I have linked up with a group that does two kinds of walking: urban, which is a tame…
Hunter Moon haiku
Bright accuser shining through skylight — nowhere to hide. Dry leaves rustle under Hunter Moon owl’s silent wings The first image I took last night. The second image is, “Owl Hunt,” by Sophieeves90
Michigan Tribes in the News (10/20/21) — Turtle Talk
Toward Freedom: Photo Essay: Indigenous Struggle Against Enbridge Lines 3 and 5 UP Matters: Providing “Hope Not Handcuffs” at the Bay Mills Police Department UP Matters: Bay Mills President Whitney Gravelle shares the impact of intergenerational trauma on addiction UP Matters: Preventing addiction using a cultural approach in Native communities Peninsula Press: Indigenous groups demand […]…
Doodads — pumpkins by day, moons and tree silhouettes by night
Yesterday I visited my favorite farmer and bought this and that. The pumpkin harvest is in. They were selling empty crates for $5 but I had no way to get them home. The crates would be perfect for composting. Two nights ago I went outside just as darkness was falling. The moon has been so…
Winona LaDuke: Line 3 opponents can savor this defeat — Rise Up Times
IMPORTANT TO READ “Uncertainty about Line 3 caused by Indigenous people and water protectors encouraged massive divestment from the tar sands by non-Canadian investors. Everybody from Shell Oil to the Koch brothers bailed out. Last month, my alma mater, Harvard University, began divestment of fossil fuels. Harvard wouldn’t even divest from South Africa, those stubborn…
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