So many years of collecting feathers, over distances — I see that not all feathers are the same. Of course not, but I look further even. What makes a great tail feather is not what makes a great neck feather. A downy fluff would not do well on a slick wing. Maybe observing so…

WORKING on the follow up to my hot springs time, what an eye-opener! AND ALSO on a blog about the springs themselves… PLUS there is still the Krishnamurti thing. All have been in progress while life is happening here on the hill, off-grid and in the Olympics. Tomorrow is Shekinah Sunday, something brewing for that.…

The Parable of the Bowls it is the emptiness that makes it useful; the usefulness of what is, depends on what is not Lao Tzu This morning’s dishwashing had much to teach. The usual compliment of cups and bowls were joined by some items that had been outside, and too long at that. Nature had…

ORIGINAL LIFE,  Who passes through our grandmother’s hands to our own,  And on through us to our daughters’ daughters: Teach us the Ancient Ways, The Wisdom locked in our hearts, That which you have hidden inside us So that we may endure these times; Now let us awaken this Love So that All may be…

  WHAT is happening in our forests?  QUALITY OF ARGUMENTS The question is: can an organism not previously categorized be discovered in the North American continent? Sides have polarized in a way few subjects have commanded. One believes in circumstantial or lucky conditions to explain repeated findings, is reductionist without offering substantive alternatives, other than…

Here we focus on what constitutes evidence, which is defined as “the available body of facts or information indicating whether an assertion is true or valid.” In particular to our topic, an unacknowledged species living in North America, let’s review what we know about the animals in this Neo-arctic biome. Sightings, pictures, or carcasses of…

The Very First Hominin GIGANTOPITHECUS is an extinct genus of ape from roughly 2 million to 100,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene of southern China, although other identifications have also been made in Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, and unfortuantely, carbon-14 analysis is only effective for bones up to about 45,000 years old; there…

The Pacific Northwest is a veritable garden with a rich tepestry of geologic changes, dramatic and varied landscapes, and an intersection of ancient biomes. Many cultures and animals have been a part of this history since it was part of Pangea, a uni-continent that bubbled apart across the globe over the last 2 to 300…

These are in whatever order the scraps fell out of my overstuffed binder. Enjoy! “There’s no hope. You’re too old.  All of us are gonna die, and you’re probably first.” ~Caitlyn Jenner  “I would rather die here and know I’ll be invited to heaven.” ~Marisha Ray “War has been inevitable since the first cavemen smashed…

If you’ve watched the Lord of the Rings or read the trilogy, you have been made privy to what it means to be a Veteran.  J. R. R. Tolkien has woven the most intimate threads of soldiering throughout this war story in such a crafted way as to be a beautiful explanation of our particular…