I live in Washington State, and all the news for the last two weeks has been the unthinkable Oso mudslide. Slides are not unusual here, although I have never heard of one with this much destructive force. It got me reflecting about the relationship between earth and water. The desert near my parent’s home in …
This series is a discussion of how we take responsibility for the birds and the beasts and the fields and the oceans and whatever Genesis left out (for example, the Bible doesn’t mention the atmosphere).  It’s time for some discussion of the future of animals and how we’ll use them. Yes, that’s blunt. Humans use …
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Almost every summer weekend, there are programs in the local parks where volunteers gather to remove invasive blackberries and plant native plants. It’s a tough fight – the invasive berries are tall and thick-caned and full of stickers. Volunteers sometime emerge with torn long-sleeved shorts and red rivulets of blood on their arms. At least …
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When I was a child my parents loved to sail. We travelled from the California coast to Catalina Island on weekends, and I remember one specific trip back when the waters were full of bioluminescence. Dolphins surrounded us, jumping alongside the boat in playful streaks of light. They might have been fairies from another world. …
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