Addressing the Plastic Problem

ADDRESSING THE PLASTIC PROBLEM IN WASHINGTON by Heather Trim, Spring 2020 Photo by John F. Williams Photo by John F. Williams ADDRESSING THE PLASTIC PROBLEM IN WASHINGTON by Heather Trim, Spring 2020   Plastic waste is an issue for Washingtonians because we are a...

A New Hope for Plastics

A NEW HOPE FOR PLASTICS by Adelia Ritchie, Spring 2020 Photo by John F. Williams Photo by John F, Williams A NEW HOPE FOR PLASTICS by Adelia Ritchie, Spring 2020   If you’ve ever had to clear out those pesky cobwebs from every corner of your house, you know how...

Birds of Bufflehead Pond

THE BIRDS OF BUFFLEHEAD POND FARM by Adelia Ritchie, Winter 2019 Painting by Adelia Ritchie THE BIRDS OF BUFFLEHEAD POND FARM by Adelia Ritchie, Winter 2019   Such big ideas we had when we first set out to inhabit Bufflehead Pond Farm! The place had not been properly...

Purple Martins

HOME TWEET HOME FOR PURPLE MARTINS by Gene Bullock, Winter 2019 Photo by John F. Williams Photo by John F. Williams HOME TWEET HOME FOR PURPLE MARTINS by Gene Bullock, Winter 2019   Native Americans learned long ago that if they hung hollow gourds around their...

Great Blue Heron

THE GREAT BLUE HERON by Nancy Sefton, Winter 2019 Photo by Philip Hutcherson Photo by Philip Hutcherson THE GREAT BLUE HERON by Nancy Sefton, Winter 2019   As I floated in my kayak, I spotted a great blue heron perched on a mass of partially submerged roots. Suddenly...

Poems-6

POEMS Winter 2019 POEMS Winter 2019       Haiku by Nancy Rekow     One heron standing.Mist hangs low in the valley.I will write to you. Painting by Kathleen Faulkner by Nancy Taylor In Beacon Hill Park, Victoria B.C.             I watch           ...