Environmental Scientist. Writer. Mother.

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Farewell Bend

A lot of us who live in Bend, Oregon aren’t originally from here. We ask each other, “Where are you from?” and “How did you end up in Bend?” I’m …

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Art is a Basic Need

So.  The Nature of Words, the organization to which I’ve given a significant amount of my time and attention — especially over the past eighteen months — is closing its …

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On Progression of the Species: Some Earth Day Notes

It’s the Saturday before Earth Day in downtown Bend, and it looks like I’ve missed the Procession of the Species parade.  The butterfly-winged woman and the horse-headed man have long …

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