Welcome to a new series at Nature :: Spirit! My book Kissed by a Fox, after a dozen years in print, just earned out its advance—huzzah!—and in honor of this milestone, and an audiobook coming out later this year, I’m highlighting passages in the book for a fresh look. Together we’ll go behind the scenes… Read More…
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Caring for the local Earth
A photo post today about work dear to my heart . . . One of the things that delights me wherever I live is getting my hands in dirt to care for the local Earth. Way back in Oakland more than 20 years ago, I helped grow dozens of types of locally native plants, like… Read More…
49. Just listening
In 2012, a few months before the launch of my first book, Kissed by a Fox, my yoga teacher passed away. The cancer took her quickly, only a few months from diagnosis to her dying. Wendy Bramlett was beloved in Boulder. I’d been attending her class for five years, the same five years when I… Read More…
One audacious résumé
I’m delighted to let you know about a guest post I wrote for my Substack friend Amanda Hinton’s site, The Editing Spectrum. Amanda is building a community for all things editorial, with special attention to neurodivergence in the work of writing and editing. Amanda wanted to hear more about my career as an editor, and… Read More…
48. What if land were not property?
Transcript Many years ago I moved into an old house perched on the side of a canyon in Oakland, California. Far below the house, a small seasonal creek carved a channel down to the bay. Just uphill from our house the street narrowed to one lane for a quarter mile, hugging the steep canyon wall…. Read More…
47. Trusting the waters of life
Transcript Many years ago I had to leave my dream house in a city I loved and a neighborhood where everyone knew my name. I cried every day with a sadness that was scraping my heart raw. One day in the middle of my tears a friend hugged me gently, and in a very quiet… Read More…