Reaching through the thorns
Our mother sent us out to pick blackberries once, along a gravel road, each of the three of us with an empty Folger’s coffee can (wildly optimistic of her to think we would fill even one).
Category: Puget Sound
When the safety net is gone, and homelessness is criminalized
Image: Дворецкая Таня-stock.adobe.com On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Grants Pass v. Johnson that cities could prohibit camping and sleeping in public places, that such laws didn’t rise to the level of cruel and unusual punishment–even when there is no available shelter. In short: …
When a bird signals climate change
A movement in the backyard caught my eye, a bird with feathers that looked blue and lavender. I froze, wanting to scramble across the room for my camera with the zoom lens, but not wanting to miss it. It’s rare that we in the Puget Sound area see blue birds. …