Because They Can (Because We Let Them)
I never finished The New Jim Crow, that critical masterpiece so artfully composed by Michelle Alexander. The book lays before the reader...
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...
Gull Island, Skull Island: In The Field with Tori
If you've ever walked across a field of skeletons you are familiar with a certain satisfying crunch. Through hiking boots -however...
Celebrating Juneteenth from the Island
It's 7PM on a Tuesday in June. It is the 19th day of the month of June in the 2018th year of the Common Era. One-hundred and fifty-three...
Owls and Asterisms
The following bit 'o sunshine (moonshine?) was graciously submitted for your reading pleasure by the fantabulous and soon-to-be-famous...
Pocket Rocks: Bristol
I work with some of the greatest humans ever conceived on this planet. We are the Boonies. That is the name I dubbed my two fleeting...
Pocket Rocks: An Anthology
Sometimes you find the rock, sometimes the rock finds you. This principle was imparted unto me by Kenji Sato, a Master of the martial...
Let's Get Ready to TUUUMBLE!
This is literally the third draft of a post about rock tumbling I have attempted to date. I swear to every single reader (I refer, of...
Content in the Winds: In the Field with Dustin
Hello, I’m Dustin (known to some as, ‘Dust in the Wind’). I have traveled throughout most of the United States, doing conservation work...
Ewe Can Have A Dog
If you want a dog, whatever your reason may be, and you are willing to sacrifice the time, energy, and money to keep the thing well...
