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foam ever with us
My internet presence seems to have been resurrected, thanks to the caring application by several people of time, skills and resources I lack, particularly Philip Barron. In gratitude, I thought I...
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While I was away
Here are a few things that happened while I was away on vacation. new bamboo shoots daffodils first blooms on baby apple tree hyacinths first blooms on camellia planted last spring the camellia sits...
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4/2/13: STAY IN CONTROL.®
All the plastic I collect on my daily walk. two leaves one shard of frisbee SINFIRE™ CINNAMON WHISKY WHISKY WITH NATURAL CINNAMON FLAVORING 50 ML 35% ALC/VOL (70 PROOF) AN EVIL SPIRIT PRODUCED &...
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Portrait of a storm drain
In reference to my post about the albatross puking up a toothbrush, in case anyone wondered how such a thing gets into the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
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Fleeting spring things
I learned that metabolism comes from the Greek word for change. Things must transform constantly in order to stay alive, which means “remain.” Here are some fleeting spring things whirled up from the...
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So easy to hate on
the turf grass that dominates the surburban ecosystem of North America. And I do, especially when it comes up where I don’t want. But, still, it’s hard not to respect the root I pulled up with this...
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Fungal drama
My neighbor Rob, a mycologist, strolls over to take polaroids of the mushrooms flourishing in my wood chips. The beautiful blond neighbor children run over to check on the mushrooms too on their way to...
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Drained Tabe
Goodbye to a perfectly good, one hundred year old water system delivering gravity fed Bull Run River water to Portland. Such a waste, and now I can no longer walk two blocks and look at the source of...
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The luxury of learning to die
I read Roy Scranton’s “Learning how to die in the anthropocene” this morning via Jonathan Skinner. I instantly responded to it. It seemed just right—it set the tone of our moment. I tweeted it. Then I...
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You have not seen anything like this
If you are anywhere near Houston between now and 10 May, you must go to the (free) Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston to experience the installation by Antena cofounders Jen Hofer and John...
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