by Lora | Jun 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Getting super excited about my three minutes of potential fame. On Sunday afternoon, June 11, 2023 I will be reading an excerpt from my piece in the anthology, SPRING AND ALL. The event takes place at Village Books in Bellingham. Since I will be driving alone (hint...
by Lora | Apr 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
How can I not be thinking of the Earth with its full gravity tugging on me on the one day of the year chosen to be dedicated as “Earth Day?” As if EVERY day isn’t one Earth needs to be celebrated, revered, honored and cared for with all our gratitude. To...
by Lora | Dec 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Once upon a time, after an early supper on Christmas Eve, Dad would announce, “Let’s go look at lights to give Santa time to bring the presents.” At that time three of us loaded into a boat of a station wagon my mother had not yet learned to drive. A few years later...
by Lora | Aug 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Happy Birthday to the National Park Service!On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation establishing the National Park Service. At that time 35 parks and monuments were being managed by the federal government. Today, 105 years later, the National...
by Lora | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
This morning I woke to a trickling sound in the downspout next to the bedroom window. Splat splat. Water blobs landed in the bottom of an empty rain barrel. Trickle became gurgle and splashing of water into water. Misty air about trees turned to visible raindrops. At...
by Lora | Sep 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Without feedback, we really suffer.“ Paul Hawken spoke those words in a video I watched for a class about climate action and Project Drawdown. It made me think about the feedback we need to heed this year. Without the feedback of personally knowing someone who has...
