Forest Walking
We here in Cascadia know the forests that surround us are many things: places of refuge and play; home to countless critters that crawl, climb, slither and …
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Nature of Writing
Nature of Writing Speaker Series at Village Books
Join us for a series of free in-person presentations and find your next book for the cozy fall and hygge winter nights ahead! The Nature of Writing …
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“Total Immersion” from Forest Walking
As soon as you step into a forest, you step into a different space. Depending on the type of forest, the trees may be growing together so …
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An Evening with Saul Weisberg and Friends
North Cascades Institute and Village Books hosted an online conversation on May 13 — part of the Nature of Writing Speaker Series, as well as our ongoing …
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“Trails & Tracks; Poems and Memory” by Bill Yake
It’s a problem — pulling a collection of poems together. I had a friend who consulted a Tarot deck. Another who threw a sheaf of poems down …
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Endangered Orcas: An encounter on San Juan Island
It was two in the afternoon on a Friday in July and I had just gotten off work. I stopped in town for a sandwich, where I …
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Interview with Birds of the West Author Molly Hashimoto
Spring is a special time of year in the Northwest. The warming weather and fresh signs of life stirs us out of our winter doldrums and beckons …
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Going Feral: Field Notes on Wonder and Wanderlust: Excerpt from Heather Durham
I sat on a pile of leaves and conifer needles in the space between where two large roots of a western red cedar sloped to the ground.
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UPLAKE: Restless Essays of Coming and Going: Excerpt from Ana Marie Spagna
Here’s a story line. A boy grows up in an idyllic place, a small rural place, the plains of Nebraska, say, or small town North Carolina. What …
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Nature of Writing Speaker Series book reviews
Village Books teams up with the North Cascades Institute every spring and fall to offer the “Nature of Writing” speaker series at the Readings Gallery in the …
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