Far from the centers of power

Originally published on June 7th, 2020. For those asking, "What can I do?" Some updates included. Around the country, right now, millions of people...

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Port Townsend’s Red-footed Booby: A messenger from the future

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A new local podcast has started by Jim Heumann.  We asked Jim to give us an overview of the podcast and we’ll post notifications...

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A little after noon on July 31, 2024, Colleen Farrell, biologist aboard a Puget Sound Express vessel, identified a Red-footed Booby sitting on a...

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 A young friend of mine died — unexpectedly last week. Way too early. Decades too early. Jesús died in his sleep, in his bed,...

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Standing Rock: Foreshadowing Minneapolis?

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On the day after Trump was first elected president in November 2016, I left home to drive the 1400 miles to the Standing Rock...

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Summer Surprises

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The joys of summer fade with the approach of the autumn equinox. Summer is a time to revel in unexpected plants and animals on...

Getting a Little Squirrely

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Winterspring

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When television first came to our neighborhood in the early 50’s there was a puppet on the Howdy Doody Show whose name was Princess...

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Standing Rock: Foreshadowing Minneapolis?

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On the day after Trump was first elected president in November 2016, I left home to drive the 1400 miles to the Standing Rock...

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More than a year and a half into the pandemic, the transition back to normalcy has been tragically upended by a combination of the...

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