Dec 28, 2021WINTER GARDEN - A RE/VIEW FROM HERE - 2021 Diamond Bright Raindrops on Lupine Leaves - Winter Butte County CA And so here we are – full solar and close to full calendar circle. The...
Nov 21, 2021THE THANKFUL SEASON - A VIEW FROM HERE, NOVEMBER 2021 Native Sycamore love in late season foliage, late day light. It is the thankful season. In a year and a time where what divides us, what...
Oct 6, 2021INGATHERING - RHYTHM & RITUAL FALL 2021 Native evening primrose greeting the Autumnal Equinox sunrise, somewhere near Cathedral Valley, UT Ingathering – I like this word – its...
Aug 6, 2021SUMMER 2021: A VIEW FROM HERE, DORMANCY One entrance to the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, Bar Harbor, Maine In the long hot, dry, summer, often accentuated by the acute...
Jun 5, 2021JUNE: A VIEW FROM HERE - TO SIEVE & TO RIDDLELizard flower-surfing the Thyme pots. It has been very hot here, and when you look at the weather forecast in the morning it is prefaced...
May 8, 2021MAY: A VIEW FROM HERE - GROUNDING & THE MYTH OF SELF-SUFFICIENCYBarefoot with the scented geraniums. May 2021 My friend Susan Wooldridge, the poet, walks barefoot as often as she can - the bottom of...
Apr 3, 2021THE LESSON IS THE PLACE....APRIL: A VIEW FROM HERECalifornia native fiddleneck. Butte County, Ca; March 2021. On April 1st I had the great pleasure and unique experience of presenting for...
Mar 3, 2021'EXPERIMENT OF GREEN' MARCH, A VIEW FROM HERECarpets of violets - Butte County, CA 2021 March has arrived with all her colorful flirty beginning overtures toward Spring. These...
Jan 31, 2021ADAPTING and ADAPTATIONS: FEBRUARY, A VIEW FROM HEREWhite and Greenleaf Manzanita winter foliage - Butte County CA, January 2021 Did you have a chance to listen to my interview with Karen...
Jan 2, 2021PROVIDENCE AND CIRCULARITY: A NEW YEAR'S VIEW FROM HEREThe circularity of the Moon and Her Cycles I have been reading and thinking about the concept of circular economies. Which is...
Dec 2, 2020TENDING TOWARD THE WINTER SOLSTICE: DECEMBER 2020 A VIEW FROM HEREThe very interesting alchemy that has been 2020 is in its final month. One of the most inspirational things I have done in my 55 years...
Oct 30, 2020HIGH SEED SEASON, NOVEMBER 2020 A VIEW FROM HEREA charismatic megaseed of my seedshed - the California buckeye. Glossy and bright, well nestled into the oak leaf litter. It is high seed...
Oct 7, 2020THE CALL OF CREATIVITY: OCTOBER, A VIEW FROM HEREThe dynamic life of the oak woodland floor: Turkey Tail, Oak Leaves and Acorns. Food and medicine for all. Creativity has been on my mind...
Sep 3, 2020THE CIRCLE OF LOVE'S LABORS: SEPTEMBER A VIEW FROM HEREThe Kind Generosity of Late Summer Basil. Butte County, CA September 1, 2020 This summer, for some reason, I have been enjoying a...
Aug 5, 2020AESTIVATION (or how to spend the late summer): AUGUST, A VIEW FROM HERE 2020California native buckeye foliage going summer deciduous as an energy saving mechanism in the heat of late summer. Butte County, CA...
Jul 3, 2020THE HEART OF THE GARDEN (SEASON): JULY, A VIEW FROM HERE 2020California native bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) in the heart of the season. Trinity Alps Willderness June 2020 "History, Geography,...
Jun 3, 2020A VIEW FROM HERE, JUNE 2020Writer, Jamaica Kincaid in her home garden, Vermont, PHOTO by Rob Woolmington. Dear friends, It is the garden world that I live in, work...
Apr 30, 2020MOTHERING THE FUTURE: MAY 2020, A VIEW FROM HERELessons in Campsite Entomology & Observation: My sister Sabrina, my mother, and me. Paonia, CO circa 1967 "Will you sign this book for my...
Apr 3, 2020ROOTED: APRIL 2020, A VIEW FROM HEREPOTTING UP ROOTED CUTTINGS, EARLY APRIL - BUTTE COUNTY, CA I am essentially a homebody. I always have been. At this stage of my life, I...
Mar 3, 2020WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - THE EARTH IN OUR HANDS: MARCH 2020 A VIEW FROM HERELEFT TO RIGHT: JANET SLUIS, KRISTEN WICKERT, JENNIFER JEWELL, ANNIE HAYES, YOLANDA BURRELL, CLARE COOPER MARCUS, LESLIE BENNETT...