By Véronique Robigou – Artist, Geologist, and Natural Science Illustrator. At the start of the year, I was very fortunate to join the legion of artists, naturalists, and …
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Come down to Village Books in Bellingham on May 22 at 4 pm for a free reading by Holly J Hughes from her new collection of poetry Passings.
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North Cascades Institute hosted a class called Sit, Walk, Write: Nature and the Practice of Presence. Participants began their days with a sitting meditation, followed by writing …
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North Cascades Institute hosted a class called Sit, Walk, Write: Nature and the Practice of Presence. Participants began their days with a sitting meditation, followed by writing …
Read More of The Practice of Presence: Responding to Inner & Outer Landscapes Field Notes and Poems (Part Two)
North Cascades Institute hosted a class called Sit, Walk, Write: Nature and the Practice of Presence. Participants began their days with a sitting meditation, followed by writing …
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By Kristin Musgnug I am a landscape painter whose goal is to make paintings of the kind of places that don’t usually show up in landscape paintings …
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By KERA WANIELISTA for the Skagit Valley Herald, November 23, 2015 BOWMAN BAY — Bracing against the wind at Deception Pass State Park’s Bowman Bay, 10-year-old EmmaLee …
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By Rob Rich I came to the Pacific Northwest for many reasons, but one of them was, well, for the birds. Were those harlequin ducks for real? …
Read More of Shooting Stars: Nighttime Photography, Wildflowers and More (a preview of 2016!)
By Murali Krishnan This summer, on July 25th, 2015, I had a gift to learn from young high school kids. I was invited as an adult coach …
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“August on Sourdough, A Visit from Dick Brewer” Poem by Gary Snyder from The Back Country; a reading by Rob Rich You hitched a thousand miles north …
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