Landscape
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All of Day
Butterflies are flying. I have set the irrigation lines and I’m now heading to turn on the irrigation pump. I notice small white and orange butterflies, of to my left, as I drive the four-wheeler along the eastern edge of the hayfield. I’m… Continue reading
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Named and Naming
With university student pliability they rolled out of the van. They’d come for a week of conversation with valley ranchers, spiritual guides, farmers, and Tribal politicians. Our work today was to talk about the valley’s history, politics, religion, spirit, hurt, joy and… Continue reading
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Honor and Our Veterans
For some time folk have worked hard to change how we think as community. To move from Columbus Day to Indigenous Day is an example. Reframing our worldview though is to change core celebrations National structure knows that if people think of… Continue reading
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To Be Better Than We Are
“It is not from ourselves that we will learn to be better than we are.” Wendell Berry The canyon was tuff. Sometime ago, long before my memory or that of my parents, a volcano erupted and spread ash across this… Continue reading
