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 …
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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