billions of small acts every day to create our better world

Public health is a group project

Spring flowers in the Pacific NW. What’s blooming in my garden this week: Nootka Rose (Rosa nutkana) More my style than other roses: native / no maintenance - plus great for the pollinators & food for birds. #findjoy #artyear #bloomscrolling #PNW #gardening #MayBlooms #spring #flowers #gardens #rose

Who's ready to follow this path wherever it might lead? 🙋🏻‍♀️ You'd be on your way to stunning views at Cape Flattery in Washington state, US, the northwestern point in the lower 48 states. #ForestFriday #PNW

The Hoh river in Washington state. Gorgeous❤️

📍 Tree of Life, Kalaloch Beach, Washington I thought I was being smart by wearing a poncho. I still got wet and got bloated! hahaha #washington #beachvibes #sand #tree #nature #hikelife #trails #earth #naturephotography #nationalpark

A CALL TO ACTION for the PNW/ Cascadia. #elwah #treesit #cascadia #pnw #washingtonstate #portangeles

Studies point to redlining as a 'perfect storm' for breast cancer - University at Buffalo ->University of Buffalo | More info from EcoSearch

Amen:

I 💚 🌎 I ❤️ Human Beings I 💚 🌍 I ❤️ All Living Things I 💚 🌏 I ❤️ All Our Living Systems Soil Sole Soul I 💚 🌎

gracias to the village the aunties, godmamas, next-door saints who never stop loving on birthdays, on breakdowns, on every in-between. you held us when life got heavy, raised us even when we weren’t yours happy mother’s day to the women who built us with grace, with grit, with love that don’t quit

I assume that this probably applies to most of us: Our world is so 💩 & hard right now, that the only thing truly keeping me going, is small, random acts of kindness, community, & support, from individuals. Let’s scale this up, because practicing small acts is achievable by everyone.

cute, intelligent, wicked street cred, & *thumbs.* respect to Ralph

We absolutely must stop logging mature forests in Western Washington & the Olympic Peninsula. These are some of the last refuges of our local biodiversity & protect our waters/prevent landslides. Thank you to the protestors working to protect this forest.

On #forestfriday, a shot on the "Ancient Groves Trail" in the Olympic National Park. #forest #woodlands #ancientgroves #olympicnationalpark #pnw #pacificnorthwest #trail #hiking #oldgrowth #bluemoonistic

besides eco & nurturing biodiversity reasons, my use of a scythe came about by being too poor to hire landscapers & needing a disability accessibility tool to cut things that didn’t hurt my body w/its injuries & vulnerabilities to repetitive stress injuries.

A little morning light on the trail at Shi Shi beach. #blueskyartshow #sunlight #art #landscapephotography #light #olympicnationalpark #hiking #bluesky #morningsun #photography #scape #washingtonstate

Hole-in-the-wall, north of Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #washington #olympicpeninsula #nationalparks #beaches #indigenous #publiclands #northwest #protectourparks #wilderness #coast #northwest #wildernesscoast

1. As we face a series of great crises, every parent is confronted with the question of how much we tell our children. We don’t want to lie to them, but nor do we want to terrify them. Of course, there is no single answer. It depends in part on the child. But this thread suggests one approach. 🧵

I ❤️ my old lady bicycle. She’s named, “Tilly.” Time to give Tilly some spring TLC this week so I can pedal to the nettle patch & see if the nettles are coming up. My guess is they are & it’s time for Nässelsoppa! (that’s swedish for nettle soup 💚🌱) 1st super nourishing greens of early spring.

I haven't done this in a long time, by I'm going to write a thread tonight. Today we had some high energy wind, as a sharp transition between atmospheric energy levels moved into our region. High energy winds can move large masses. That's what energy does, move matter. Today it moved some of mine.

12. There was a time when the living ecosystem harvested and made use of virtually all the energy that fell from the sun. The fact that we've killed most of them doesn't mean we can have their energy for free. We can't.

Medicaid enables us to live in a society where kids, seniors, people with disabilities, foster care kids, pregnant people, & people with TB, cancer or HIV/AIDS have healthcare. That benefits us ALL. Fight to protect Medicaid! http://dlvr.it/TJXWMg

need a better superlative than “exhausted” to describe current state of things

I always love visiting Olympic National Park #photography #landscape #olympicnationalpark #nps

per week... #usa #classwar #americannightmare

We’re lucky in the US to have so much clean drinking water that we flush our toilets with it. But imagine turn on your tap and not knowing if the water is safe to drink. With Trump gutting all the environmental rules, that will be our future.

advocating for the spouse in the nursing home is chaotic & exhausting. also traumatic, for all the basics I need to “fight” for them to do. I had plans to take care of me today incl going to pharmacy. exhausted already, nothing on my list for me done. Best I can do now is 🌱smoothie, bath, collapse.

one of the things i truly believe is that a significant portion of this country is in the grip of a death cult

You're witnessing the war dance of the Osage Nation here on their reservation in Oklahoma. Who are they going to war against? Their new enemy is called the Tribe of DOGE.

Ecosia is a great search engine It is an environmental alternative and your searches generate money to plant trees and other restoration projects around the globe 🌎 NHS in the UK uses it I have been using it for 4 years and have planted 59 trees

few years ago, high up the Sol Duc River, close to the hot springs, I saw two of the largest salmon in a river I’ve *ever seen,* spawning. We watched from afar for a bit, then so moved by awe, felt we should quietly retreat, as if we had a glimpse of the gods & shouldn’t stay might we disturb them.

1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism? Here is an answer: Good Things. Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine. Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it. The more we build community, the less it can take root. 🧵

Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay... small acts of kindness and love. - Gandalf

Hello, World. Biting the bullet today and working on migrating my follows & followers from the other place.