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How remarkable when we can share labor in our communities in ways that lift up common values and create safety and joy with colleagues....

When we bought an unused pasture in the hay-producing south end of this valley, my first thought for homebuilding was to try a strawbale...

We saw a few bees here before even the first dandelion, but only now does that seem like it should have signaled some annual celebration...

Whatever hardships we have, reaching out to lighten someone else’s burden allows alchemy to happen. My partner’s father, at almost 90...

White-faced Ibis We have a long-standing May tradition of traveling over the mountains that contain our valley on the west and dropping...

Across both the european landmass and Turtle Island, the Earth’s axial tilt provides changing seasons that my ancestors recognized with...

My friend Wendy introduced me to the term Craftivism. Her usual choice of creativity is fiber-based, as in the quilted piece above. She...

When people refer to the Heard Islands and McDonald Islands as "uninhabited," of course they mean BY PEOPLE. So these incredible wildlife...

At the Tucson Festival of Books, community organizations of all kinds shared the white tents populating the University of Arizona's...

David Wright Faladè and his new novel. Flying off to Arizona tomorrow for the Tucson Festival of Books is a big deal for me. But one of...

“Impossible” was also kind of an ironic way of thumbing our nose at the doubters. These are words from Pat Brown, founder of Impossible...

Naomi Owens-Beek, Saulteau First Nation Powerful storytelling in a visual format, standing up for mountain caribou comes alive in the...

from decolonial atlas When harm is coming our way,  we have to be a protective force, in our warrior stance, for people and planet....

Jenny O'Connell Whether we tend to hide away from minus twenty Fahrenheit outdoors or bolt as political stews boil over and douse the gas...

In a context of ever-present change, our planet’s ongoing experiments with Life have been “a big, joyful party”* of diverse approaches to...

Seed Catalogs Are Arriving As Snow Sifts Down Daily In my 50's before heading to graduate school, my choice was weighted toward my home...

Play Twice as Hard! Everything is better when shared, right? Writers are urged to double up the ways each word or image can act in a...

My parents celebrating My parents got married on the year's longest night, and once we were old enough to realize what the extra hours in...

For National Horse Day, the not-quite-300 year old United States salutes an over 30-THOUSAND year old relationship between people and...

A small calico cat lived at their vet's in a carrier, her front legs just nubbins. She didn't fare well among rowdier residents. My...