Handling Wildlifers
There are perks to being a field biologist, perks to paying attention. Like seeing a nesting pair of long-billed curlews! Of course, it...
Pocket Rocks: Lily
My family are rock pickers. Mom's a century farm kid, Stearns County, “the land of rocks & cows" where fields sprout rocks before they...
AwkWords to Live By
This post is an homage to an internet article you can check out right here. No stress, I didn’t read it either. What I remember is the...
Rockosophizing Art & Why We Do It
In the final hours of the year 2021 (Roman calendar), I submitted a proposal to the Marcell Experimental Forest (MEF) in Northern...
White Wolf & Sweetgrass
Our final morning at the Grand Portage Hotel & Casino - the Great Rendezvous Place being only place to stay on the rez for our work - I...
The Squeak in the Seeds
If you want to sow grass, you need to grass seed. It is a laborious process which comes with a chorus of delicate squeaks. The fringe...
Discworld, Death, & Tangible Grief
This is a blog post featuring a short fan fiction of the Discworld book series by Terry Pratchett. The cover image was done by a Terry...
Cranes, Plains, and Autofocus
Each fall, sandhill cranes move through the agriculturally dominated plains of North America in flocks of thousands, taunting the...
Five Breaths in One Place
Northern Minnesota, along the North Shore, smells like birds, rocks, and generally good natured folk. Birds Rocks Bliss in carne bumps up...
You're as Rich as You Feel
One month from tonight we will embark on a 20-hour drive from Spokane, WA, to Duluth, MN. I imagine it will be much like a reversion of...
