Chewing the Cud

  • End Government Days of False Honor and Reclaim Soil’s Family

    October 11, 2015 Funny (in a non-funny way) how many people and State governments have learned a flag (Confederate) has the ability to destroy justice and people and that there is integrity of removing it from the public life, but continue to hold on to and honor a day ruin—Columbus Day. Some are going to…

  • Elk Parts

    October 4, 2015 Elk parts. They come once a year. Archery season opened a few weeks ago and rifle season follows it up. My bow hunting friends are saying this is a season unlike any other. The elk are not traveling normal trails or hanging in their normal high country valleys. Maybe there will be…

  • Why Anti in Anti-Racism and The All in #BlackLives Matter

    Artist Renda Writer. Photo: Huffington Post September 27, 2015 September and October are months of anti-racism workshops. That is not the case every year, but this year they have been months of engaging, wondering, and thoughtful conversation. I find facilitating these workshops has changed over the last fifteen years. Years ago, folk showed up to…

  • Resurrected Hen Gives Limping Coyote Life

    September 20, 2015 Wide shadows fell off the windrows in the early morning. The morning after the season’s last cutting of hay, I walked the field. A heavier dew than I like gathered across my boots and the pant leg that gathered at the laces. As I wondered how long it would take the cutting…

  • Making Right What Never Changed for the Landscape and Her People

    August 13, 2015 I first met Denali when Belinda, Katherine, Rebecca, and I hiked her backcountry. The backcountry is a wide and open landscape without trails. Denali Park is similar with only one road in and the same road out. Buses provide all transportation within the park. Thus, day hikers, backpackers, and folk who want…