By Elizabeth Enslin on January 26, 2010
Following up on my Martin Luther King Day post, here are some more links that expose mainstream media bias and deepen historical and political understanding of Haiti:…
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Posted in Cultural Diversity, Politics and History, Recent | Tagged Haiti, media, nature
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 25, 2009
I used to be the Christmas tree enthusiast in the family. I’d drive around Seattle for hours looking for the perfect tree, set it up, decorate it….
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Posted in Recent, Sustainable Gardening, Wild Plants | Tagged holidays, nature, Sustainable Gardening, wild
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 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
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 27, 2009
A photograph of the first snow of the season in eastern Oregon mountains.
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Posted in Explorations, Images, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged beauty, nature, photography, snow
By Elizabeth Enslin on September 25, 2009
On our Northeast Oregon property, we have an old house that’s rotting. It has little historic or architectural value, so we’ve been leaning towards tearing it down. Then my nephew, Gerek, found the bat in the closet….
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Posted in Homesteading, Species of the Week, Wildlife Encounters | Tagged nature, photography, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on August 26, 2009
I first heard the strange noises in late June: whistling squawks that sounded like sea gulls five hundred miles off course. The calls began at sundown every evening and continued throughout the night. I couldn’t imagine what besides an owl would make so much noise after dark. But owls hoot. Right? Couldn’t possibly be owls, I thought….
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Species of the Week, Wildlife Encounters | Tagged nature, species, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on August 6, 2009
At night out here, coyotes yip and owls hoot. By day, hawks and rattlesnakes patrol the canyons. More elusive predators – cougars, bears, bobcats, maybe even wolves – are probably not far away. I love being close to the wildness of all this. But it also means tempering my sentiment for individual animals. The
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Posted in Wildlife Encounters | Tagged nature, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on July 31, 2009
My nephew – an expert critter finder – has been visiting this week. He was exploring the old homestead on our property in northeast Oregon and found this gorgeous bat in the closet. The ears are amazing. I snapped a few photos and then left it alone.
I don’t have a good mammal field guide out
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Posted in Biodiversity, Wildlife Encounters | Tagged nature, wild
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