feral fun!!!

Between the library and gurrella gardening on Thursday, I took a trip up to forest-park to meditate and learn the latin names of trees...forest-park is an amazing, unique-to-Portland urban forest of about 100 acres or so...the largest urban forest in North America....and I love it!  Read More »

Last night, I walked along the riverfront of the Willamete River, on my way to pick up an application for employment at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry,) after having gotten a tip from a bus-rider that they where hiring, and I thought long and hard about wiether, I am, in fact a terrible burden on society, due to my joblessness at the moment and my need for financial assistance, for bo  Read More »

So yesterday, Thanksgiving, I went to the zoo, because they had a free day and I guess I wanted to remind myself how fucking depressing the zoo is. I also wanted to see the new additions they'd added to the Northwest exibit, to see what types of animals had once been native here.  Read More »

My friend Lucas has this quote written in Sharpie on a metal shelf in his glass studio in Upstate New York "Work is Love Made Visible..." I don't know if he made the quote up, or read it somewhere, or what, but I've always really liked this quote because it makes sense to me that all work should be done out of love and passion, and if you are doing work you don't feel love for and passionate abou  Read More »

So Ian, Andrew and I spent most of the day yesterday in rainy forest park...and I have to say, nothing beats being under Douglas fir pines and cedars in the rain, with two other rewilders; one of whom was four...  Read More »

So, you ever have one of those days when the universe seems so amazingly in line and everything happens with such asynchronism that you almost can't believe it? Well, that is what happened to me on Wednesday.  Read More »

Idealism: the word alone sparks so many reactions in so many people, for some, it may even be a "trigger word." Today, while reading Susun Weed's "Breast Cancer, Breast Health!" book in my tent for an hour and a half, I realized that sometimes we isolate ourselves with our own idealism.  Read More »

So today my good friends Wood and Patrick made it back into town from Rabbitstick, the primitivist gathering I opted not to go to immediately after wild rice harvest. Wood is the most amazing girl ever...well Patrick is the most amazing guy too, and they are so suited for each other.  Read More »