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

Links to essays and readings from the Threadable reading circle on land ownership These are all of the posts related to the Threadable land ownership reading circle in one place. If you’re interested in exploring… Read more

Walking composition “All thingsare peacefuland kindon the other planetbeyond this Earth.But still I hesitateto go alone.” —from “Another Planet,” by Dunya Mikhail Last weekend, I went for a walk in the woods with some friends… Read more

Threadable-adjacent reading discussion on land ownership The most recent—and final!—Threadable reading for Land Ownership was a selection from Mary Christina Wood’s 2013 book Nature’s Trust: Environmental Law for a New Ecological Age. *(For anyone new… Read more

Walking composition “I’ve been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks.” —Nirvana, “Heart-Shaped Box” Two quick notes before we go to a Taylor Swift concert:1. Hard to miss the launch of Substack Notes around here,… Read more

Essay (about time and silence that turned into one about caregiving that turned into something about capitalism that turned into time and silence again . . . apologies for the inconvenience) 5% of last quarter’s… Read more