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Posted on July 10, 2020July 10, 2020

Biking on the Bay Trail

One of the gifts the pandemic has given me is a return to my bicycle. Two wheels and feet have become the safest way for me to travel. I have been getting our groceries on the bike, but since I have been called back to work on site, the bicycle makes it possible to take … Continue reading Biking on the Bay Trail

Posted on April 3, 2017April 3, 2017

Searching For The Oldest Tree In The Forest

I’m a city kid, born and raised in San Francisco. I’m also a Druid, and while I love the urban forest, there are times when I just have to get off the pavement and into the woods! Here in the Bay Area we are blessed with wild places. It’s surprising just how many of them … Continue reading Searching For The Oldest Tree In The Forest

Posted on July 18, 2016July 17, 2016

Where Are Your Edges?

I had an encounter with a red-tailed hawk recently. I was on my way to work, walking up the hill to the bus stop. It’s a nice way to start the day. I’m almost always completely alone among the quiet houses and have space to think and gather the peace of the neighborhood around me. … Continue reading Where Are Your Edges?

Posted on July 12, 2016July 12, 2016

The Goddess of Life and Death Screwed Up…

I may have killed an entire ecosystem. It was my creation, and under my care, and I let creative neglect go a little too far… I have a worm bin, underneath a tiny oak tree next to my house. It’s a nice little space, shady and cool, and I was pretty diligent for years, dumping … Continue reading The Goddess of Life and Death Screwed Up…

Posted on June 28, 2016June 28, 2016

The Knife Edge of Now

It’s the only place we truly live, this moment we spend our whole lives passing through. Try to catch it–no–it’s over. It’s just beginning and ending. We think we have all the time in the world–and here we are, at the end of a life that only seemed long. We want to be young again, … Continue reading The Knife Edge of Now

Posted on March 9, 2016March 9, 2016

Bloom Where You’re Planted

I’ve always been a city kid, so it’s hardly surprising that I’m an urban Druid. I dream of forests primeval, I’m even on occasion lucky enough to visit them. I am a lifelong Californian, living in the cheap seats of Oakland across from my hometown of San Francisco, so I’m blessed with bits of the … Continue reading Bloom Where You’re Planted

Living Among The Trees
Posted on October 27, 2015

Living Among The Trees

I was lucky enough to spend the morning in Lafayette. It’s heavily wooded, as many of the more affluent East Bay suburbs are, and at 11 on a Tuesday morning, I had the back streets to myself. It was finally Fall today. Cloudy and cool, and the streets are covered with oak leaves and acorns. … Continue reading Living Among The Trees

Posted on February 25, 2014February 25, 2014

Why Oakland Is Not Paradise

I didn’t get to busk today. I had to sort out yet another crime-related problem. You see, in the ten years since we’ve become homeowners, we’ve been burglarized twice. The first time, I came home and caught the guy in the house. I wrested my laptop from his hands while screaming curses at the top … Continue reading Why Oakland Is Not Paradise

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