The Power of Trees
The future of forests and the future of humanity are inextricably entwined. I’m not saying this for dramatic effect; it is simply a fact. As bleak and …
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The future of forests and the future of humanity are inextricably entwined. I’m not saying this for dramatic effect; it is simply a fact. As bleak and …
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How does our daily relationship with Nature affect our creativity and learning? Every morning, after enjoying a steaming mug of strong sweet tea, I call our dog …
Read More of Walk Deep: Poetry of Place
Presented by Village Books and North Cascades Institute Find your next book for the Spring months ahead in this series of presentations by authors, poets and naturalists …
Read More of Nature of Writing Speaker Series ⎸ Spring 2023
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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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 …
Read More of Nature of Writing Speaker Series at Village Books
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 …
Read More of “Total Immersion” from Forest Walking
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 …
Read More of An Evening with Saul Weisberg and Friends
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 …
Read More of “Trails & Tracks; Poems and Memory” by Bill Yake
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 …
Read More of Endangered Orcas: An encounter on San Juan Island
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 …
Read More of Interview with Birds of the West Author Molly Hashimoto