Nature of the Job
Biology is the science of life; living is automatic but life is complicated. So complicated that we needed to give the study of it a...
Earthworm Hibernation + You
On a blustery, midwinter day do you ever wonder where the earthworms are? I do. Naturally, winter behaviors vary across species but when...
Disorder, be Dammed!
We are humane creatures in a highly modified environment with all the social, physical, and mental lags in adaptions that precipitate...
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...
Forest Pyrites
There's a gap between the floor boards of a forest clerk's office and the two foot drop through seemingly intentionally arranged forest...
Concept, Cast, Carve: Making an Heirloom
Quick! Before the virus gets you (or, more likely, a class war breaks out and we all go for the pitchforks)! Go to...
Blueprints for Green Optimism
We do not need to keep setting our global table with sour morsels of resentment and blame over the ecologic apocalypse. Stop forcing...
Cozy as a Snoozing Snail
Pet sitting is one of those charges that benefits everybody. I don't quite know why Renee asked me to watch Nimbus and Walker's three...
Tripping on Tailings
Scratch and tap, scratch and tap, grinding crunch, and swivel. Into the Jeep for another day. Sun waters the eyes, constricting at the...
Rock Rat Goes Live @ Creative Colloquy
On 16 July 2018, the monthly gathering of bibliophiles and miscellaneous creatives in the Tacoma scene (including this Rock Rat!) ensued...
