Walking composition Next week, July 9-12, is the international Reclaiming the Commons conference in Portland, Oregon. I’ll be on a panel titled “Tales of Loss and Restoration” on July 10th. If you’re in Portland and… Read more

Introduction No Trespassing: How the Ancient Struggle for Ownership, Private Property, and the Rights of the Commons Will Define Our Future Reminder: Comments are closed. Feel free to print for yourself, or email me an… Read more

“No Trespassing” book update and a little photo journey . . . Do you ever think about private property? I think about it constantly, in interactions online, real-life conversations, sitting in “my” yard near “my”… Read more

Walking composition 5% of this quarter’s On the Commons revenue will be given to All Nations Health Care. Next quarter’s 5% will be given to the People’s Food Sovereignty Project. If you’re in need of… Read more

Walking composition I am currently at the Dear Butte writing residency, in Butte, Montana. In a vast state with varying skies I am stupidly in love with in every region, I’d put Butte up as… Read more

Walking composition Yesterday I went for a long walk along the river after an exhausting couple days full of demands and weighty darknesses, and was rewarded by being able to watch a bald eagle’s long… Read more

Essay Isn’t “unearth” a strange word? Can anything really be un-earthed? Maybe un-earthing is one of the sources of this world’s biggest problems. Last week, on a warm day wedged among thunderstorms, chilly rain, and… Read more

Walking composition “Who can help the heart, which is grand and full of gestures?” —from “Association Copy,” Camille T. Dungy I am very late starting my garden this year. Things have been busier than they… Read more

Walking composition “You don’t waste no time at all. / Don’t hear the bell but you answer the call.”—“Hammer to Fall,” Queen Last week I spent a few days at a Forest Service cabin near… Read more

Threadable readings (science fiction, immigration, class) + land ownership resources Just a short post here to gather together a few loose ends: I put together a post, pinned to the top of this newsletter’s home… Read more