By Elizabeth Enslin on July 4, 2010
The house wrens nesting on our yurt porch chose this morning, the 4th of July, to shoo their young ones out of the nest.
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Posted in Recent, Seasons and Rituals, Wildlife Encounters | Tagged birds, holidays, Humor, nature, photography, wild |
By Elizabeth Enslin on March 17, 2010
I revised my St. Patrick’s Day post from last year and posted it at Fictionaut. A commenter there bestowed on me the Gaelic version of Elizabeth….
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Posted in Cultural Diversity, Recent, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged cultural heritage, holidays, naming, St. Patrick's Day, wordplay |
By Elizabeth Enslin on January 18, 2010
It’s hard enough to comprehend the scale of disaster in Haiti. What’s harder is this: to stand by and watch hate, ignorance and greed breed on human suffering like maggots….
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Posted in Cultural Diversity, Politics and History, Recent, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged Haiti, Jr., Martin Luther King, racism, stories |
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 24, 2009
I feel like a grumpy, old bear this holiday season. I don’t want to put my energy into decking halls. I avoid shopping as much as possible. I have no idea what to get anybody, and the muzak playing everywhere makes me want to poke holes in my ear drums….
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Posted in Recent, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged holidays, inspiration, maturity |
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 21, 2009
I began blogging a year ago by reflecting on the challenges of Balancing Work and Play. I still haven’t figured that out, but I know what helps with that and with surviving this dark season: humor….
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Posted in On Blogging, Recent, Seasons and Rituals, Species Humor | Tagged blogging, holidays, Humor, solstice |
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 9, 2009
Writing experts tell us to never, ever open a story with the weather. And while a brief comment on the weather can sometimes be an ice breaker, extended conversations about it more likely signal that both parties have run out of interesting things to say. That’s all changing now….
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Posted in Humor, Recent, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged climate change, Humor, nature, photography, Writing |
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 2, 2009
A photograph of winter light on water through an almost leafless willow tree.
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Posted in Explorations, Images, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged nature, photography, winter |
By Elizabeth Enslin on November 25, 2009
Unlike my stepfather and his clan, numerous cousins, the son I spawned, and many friends; I don’t usually look at wild animals and think: meat. Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), indigenous to North America, have become a recent exception….
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Posted in Humor, Poetry, Politics and History, Seasons and Rituals, Species of the Week | Tagged food, holidays, Thanksgiving, wild, wordplay |
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 31, 2009
I’m miles from town, so there will be no trick or treaters for me tonight. Instead, I’ve decided to mark the day by highlighting some posts I’ve written on creatures that tend to be maligned, misunderstood and caricatured on Halloween….
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Posted in Seasons and Rituals | Tagged Halloween, holidays, wild |
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 28, 2009
Series of photographs of trees turning color in mountains of Northeastern Oregon.
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Posted in Explorations, Images, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged beauty, nature, photography |
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