SPECTRUM OF CYCLES
Issue 10, Winter 2020
Photo by John F. Williams
SPECTRUM OF CYCLES
Issue 10, Winter 2020
WELCOME TO THE WINTER 2020
ISSUE OF SALISH MAGAZINE!
What happens when something disappears?
Did it disappear because a stream took it away? Or because it was eaten? Perhaps it decomposed? Did a tree absorb it, or did it transmogrify?
Or are we finally learning that things don’t disappear, they change and perhaps enter into different relationships with their surroundings.
With Salish Magazine, we’re trying to give more attention to the relationships between things that we see in nature. And this issue showcases some special relationships: ones that form cycles.
This theme of cycles actually attracted some quite diverse content: articles, poetry, and artwork from all over the cycle spectrum.
In addition to this initial batch of 6 articles, we have several more exciting articles in the wings, to be released through the course of the Winter. These first ones include cycles related to vegetable gardens, swallows, stream bugs, forests, and even water. We have some articles, some poetry, and some artwork — a spectrum of representation to match the spectrum of cycle personalities.
Photo by John F. Williams
Artwork by Jeff Mihalyo
Pacific Northwest artist Jeff Mihalyo attended Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles. His credentials include production artwork for the media, entertainment, education, and information design industries for over thirty years.
His paintings are inspired by an interest in history, travel and the plight of the contemporary human condition. He creates colorful surrealist compositions that utilize humor and drama in a multi-layered commentary of the present moment.
Mr. Mihalyo has exhibited internationally in Beijing, Berlin, Moscow, Santorini, and Wuppertal while his works are collected in London, Rennes, Santiago, and Tel Aviv. His West Coast representation has included Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle.
The artist’s works can be viewed at www.mihalyo.com
Table of Contents
Woodland Witness
by Zoe Wadkins
Winter 2020
I have seen things grow here; bud, flower and fruit here. I have seen them struggle here, die here, and then — in what seems to be inexplicable — revitalize here.
Restoring Forests
by Dan Hintz
Winter 2020
Despite the ongoing pandemic, one cycle remained unbroken for the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival: our native salmon returned to Issaquah Creek to spawn in their birth-waters.
Salish Sea and Dinosaur Pee
by Sarah Lorse
Winter 2020
When you turn on your faucet, the water you drink is essentially the same water a salmon swam in, a seal splashed in, and a stegosaurus slurped up.
See the Salish Sea by Saddle
by Jessica C. Levine
Winter 2020
From the saddle I see sunrise shift through the seasons, and I feel the sun on my face or the rain drops on my cheeks. That means being under the weather is a gift.
Many Cycles of Nature
by Leigh Calvez
Winter 2020
One of the images of natural cycles came to me: how could bits of salmon be found within the very tissue of the long fronds of cedar or the tallest firs high up on the mountains?
Swallow Season
by Donna Bunten
Winter 2020
Our house, known to the neighborhood as “the bird house,” is home this year to 17 pairs of barn swallows, their mud nests under the eaves on all sides of the house and garage.
Sacred Stream Insects
by Gavin Tiemeyer
Winter 2020
Learning about natural cycles that govern the health of the Salish Sea starts with peering into your local stream. There you’ll find the world of benthic macroinvertebrates.
Issue 10 Poetry
by Multiple poets
Winter 2020
The theme for this issue is cycles in nature. Some water and carbon dioxide cycles exist all over the globe, but these poems visit them in ways characteristic of our region.
The Many Lives of Tree
by Pat Kirschbaum
Winter 2020
As I sat alongside a nearby stream, I observed a beautiful Tree with long branches. I pondered how many lives my Tree has. Not as many as a cat, but still more than one!
Community Gardens
by Alison Ahlgrim
Winter 2020
I craned my neck to stare at the prolific sunflowers, vining squash, rock walls, corn stalks, and other vibrant, colorful plots juxtaposed against the industrial Everett waterfront!
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