I’m not a person who attaches meaning to dreams in general. I don’t keep a dream journal and I rarely recall my dreams when I wake up. I think most of the time our dreams are simply our brains processing the day and wiping the slate to prepare for the next day. Dreams can be …
Category: More-than-human
The Joyful Bathing of Sparrows
It's scarlet runner bean season There are two kinds of tofu, silken, which comes in a shelf-stable package and doesn’t need to be refrigerated, and water-packed tofu that comes in a plastic dish with a peel off plastic top. Each kind of tofu has its different uses. For making sandwiches and crumbles and stir fries—main …
About Time
Today is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time in the United States and we are all bound to feel a bit messed up for the next few days as we adjust to “losing” an hour. In spite of everyone for years saying we should stop this time change insanity, in spite of science saying it …
All the Little Birds
Arugula meadow As gardening season comes to an end, my garden has pretty much turned into a meadow of arugula. The sunny yellow flowers shine in the daylight and bounce up and down with bee visitors. A photo or video cannot do it justice, one must be in the experience for the full yellowy bee-filled …
Murder!
Back in the mid-1990s when Minneapolis had a gang-war problem it became known for awhile as "Murderapolis." Those days are thankfully gone, but there is still murder in the air. Minneapolis is host to a mega-murder of crows. During the winter, thousands of crows from as far away as 30 miles, gather in or near downtown …
