The celebration of my 28th year happened over the second half of the Instructor Exchange last weekend. For those unfamiliar, Instructor Exchange is a fun-filled, long weekend …
Read More of Our visit to Wilderness Awareness School and Islandwood
What do Bald Eagles mean to you? This was a question a group of 10 high school students from the International District Housing Alliance’s (IDHA) Wilderness Inner-city …
Read More of Kulshan kids wing it
Tuesday morning found Cohort 9 at the Bagelry in Bellingham getting provisions for an all-day snowshoeing adventure to Artists Point from the Heather Meadows lot of Mount …
Read More of A snowshoeing we will go
Sometimes we think in order to see new things that we need to travel to the furthest reaches of our earth. I was reminded of how wrong …
Read More of Rocking the old growth
The morning of September 27th was one of those mornings that you wake up, look out the window and know instantly that there is nothing keepin’ you …
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Last weekend was the Diablo Creative Arts Retreat: featuring courses on watercolors, nature journalling and silk painting. It was incredible! Our three amazing instructors were Molly Hashimoto …
Read More of Art Afield
This spring I was given the task of organizing and coordinating Mountain School post-trip visits, where instructors visit the many classrooms of the students who participated in …
Read More of Memories from Mountain School
“Cheerio~ Cheeriup~ Cheerio~ Cheeriup~” The American Robin’s song is a loud, optimistic voice of spring. However, at times here in the mountains it is difficult to hear …
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“That’s a cougar!” Well, maybe…We saw a brown blur slink over the crest of the island. Whatever it was, this was a big, brown mammal. One might …
Read More of A coyote in Diablo Lake
Springtime is slowly and reluctantly arriving in the North Cascades. I’ve been delighted to hear some familiar bird songs returning; brightening up the forest and telling me …
Read More of The State of the Birds
