under-appreciated aspect of Pacific Northwest culture is that wherever you live, you will have The Mountain. It varies place by place but you will always have that One to which you are deeply personally and metaphysically attached. Always one — like Portland had two so they had to blow one up

Dark-Eyed Juncos are leaving. Just a few left. #springmigration

Evening Grosbeaks are back!

Always true:

Oh! Late to joining the #uglydogs here during #iditarod. Here are some #iditasketches of Pepe that I posted on IG.

Put your Joint Address questions here and I’ll see if I can answer some as I go ⬇️

LOOK HOW HAPPY PEPE IS!!!! 👑 #uglyDogs

Big Tech has lived by, “Move Fast and Break Things.” So they destroyed everything quickly and now we are here. No more. Indigenous practices have always shown us that the way is to Move Slow and Repair Things. Plant, grow, replenish, reparations, regenerate.

Dear Canada and Mexico, We’re so, so sorry. — Sane America

President Trump just shut off funding for law enforcement, farmers, schools, veterans, and health care.
 We are working diligently to reverse this, but we are preparing for every outcome to help Minnesotans weather this storm. Minnesota needs answers. We’ll see Trump in court.

Emergency Video: Where are the Dems and what is the message?! Oppose this agenda now! Come back from vacation! adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...

Is it just me, or is Substack down?

Stay strong. For us, this is more than just a job-it’s a calling. Together, we will stand to protect our parks, environment, and wildlife. Four years… we remain hopeful that the attack on our public lands will be less brutal this time.

From the brilliant Miranda Schmidt: Arts of Book Publishing: My Novel Finds Form open.substack.com/pub/mirandar...

Happy to see so many folks migrating in - a quick reintro: Retired teacher, now a full- time artist-naturalist-dogmom-gramma. Learning about dementia caregiving and democracy preservation. Daily sketching for sanity and soul.

Thanks to @gettoknownature.bsky.social for the invite! I'm here for the birbs and dogs, art- and nature-lovers, truth- and justice-seekers, fun and games.