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Elizabeth in Fort Rock Cave, southern Oregon

Rocks I Have Loved: Two Photos for Earth Day

By Elizabeth Enslin on April 22, 2010

I’ve been going through old photos to pick out some that might be appropriate for an album (or maybe a series of blog posts), tentatively entitled, “Rocks I Have Loved.” It struck me this morning how well that metaphor suits Earth Day….

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Posted in Images, Pacific Northwest travel, Politics and History, Recent, Rocks I Have Loved | Tagged ancient history, archaeology, nostalgia, photography, rocks | Leave a response

Numeracy

Numeracy

By Elizabeth Enslin on November 19, 2009

It’s wordle time again at Read Write Poem. This month’s prompt delivered a collection of words beginning with “P”….

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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged books, nostalgia, Poetry, wordplay | 28 Responses

Baby bitter melon

Baby Bitter Melon

By Elizabeth Enslin on July 25, 2009

It’s kind of ugly and horribly bitter, but the years I spent in Nepal have made it into comfort food — and one I sorely miss.  How shall I prepare my first harvest of these?  Karela ko achar?  Or fried in ghee?  Imagining either makes me dizzy with happiness. Baby bitter melon

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Posted in Sustainable Gardening | Tagged food, nostalgia, Sustainable Gardening | 5 Responses

Lunacy

By Elizabeth Enslin on April 27, 2009

In grade school, I used to love those assignments where the teacher gave us ten vocabulary words and said we had to use all of them in a story.  Those were good times, and I’ve already tried to revive them here in prose and poetry. Today, the NaPoWriMo prompt at Read Write Poem invited us  

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Posted in NaPoWriMo | Tagged creative nonfiction, nature writing, nostalgia, passion, Poetry | 7 Responses

Pacific Tree Frog, Pseudacris regilla (or Hyla regilla).  Credit: Gary Nafis, www.californiaherps.com

Pacific Tree Frog: Species of the Week

By Elizabeth Enslin on March 20, 2009

Right on schedule for the spring equinox, Pseudacris regilla arrived several days ago in my backyard pond here in Portland, Oregon. I haven’t seen him yet, but I hear him every night inviting females to join him in his half wine barrel.

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Posted in Around the Northwest, Biodiversity, Featured, Seasons and Rituals, Species of the Week, Wildlife Encounters | Tagged climate change, frogs, nature, nostalgia, ponds, wild | Leave a response

Animal Books from the Past

Introducing “Species of the Week”

By Elizabeth Enslin on March 20, 2009

I grew up an introverted, only child. With my cat or rabbit stretched out beside me, I spent many evenings curled up in some cozy corner, thumbing through animal books…

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Posted in Biodiversity, On Blogging, Species of the Week, Writing | Tagged books, creative nonfiction, introductions, nostalgia, species | Leave a response

Bald Eagle, Sandy River Delta

Birds along the Columbia

By Elizabeth Enslin on February 1, 2009

Bald Eagle, Sandy River Delta So many birds today on the Sandy River Delta, including two bald eagles.  One flew overhead, landed in a cottonwood tree by the Columbia River shore, screeched and flapped its wings at another already in the tree.  Courtship perhaps.  The water has receded a lot over the last few weeks,  

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About Elizabeth Enslin

A writer based in Oregon, I look for inspiration and distractions in nature. An anthropologist, I ponder the places where nature and culture meet. A kitchen gardener, I promote biodiversity and learn from farming traditions around the world. A recovering academic, I try to do all with compassion and humor.

Find out more about me here, or at elizabethenslin.com.

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