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plants this summer!
May 20, 2025
hey guys! I’m looking for a little plant this summer and gonna send more emails about it. But I think I’m literally just going to send emails. So if u want...
derby
June 2, 2024
Here is a cheesy little ditty about derby: In high school I had this bit about punching. I remember explaining to anyone who would listen how I didn’t want...
pause!
January 31, 2024
Hello! Happy Wednesday. I am going to take a little break from sending out newsletters (maybe a few weeks, maybe longer) in order to focus my brain on other...
meltdowns
January 21, 2024
I tend towards anger. Or so I say. So as I witness my student - brilliant, quick, creative - spiraling down the path of meltdown, I also glimpse at least a...
spring in January
January 15, 2024
With the onrush of January the first thing I noticed was the green of Bernal Hill. I did a triple take since I wasn’t really trying to pay attention. No need...
winter chaos
January 1, 2024
well. I wrote a fragment of an idea and could not get to the part that was the whole point. So I am open to questions, suggestions: I am not, at this moment,...
The Ditch!
December 17, 2023
Bernal hill sticks out from the city like a pimple. Or like a spaceship. From my back porch, the ridge is a line along which silhouettes glide in a never...
things that are precious
December 10, 2023
At the presidio nursery, rows of scraggly seedlings sit on tables, carefully watched as they grow. A silly endeavor if there ever was one: hours and hours...
Seasons in California (CA foothills specifically)
December 3, 2023
It has almost been a month since I started doing these again. Time is going by really fast! This time of year always feels especially surreal, like being...
Falling, part 2
November 26, 2023
Regarding: falling on roller skates. There are a few things to keep in mind. When you lose your balance, the instinct is to stand up tall, to try and get...
fall i n g
November 19, 2023
The small child (younger sister, I presume) was standing in the middle of the steep sidewalk on the side of Bernal Hill. In that velvet pocket of the day...
the place shuffle (home)
November 12, 2023
Mid October. I just stuffed my things - all of my things - into this small honda civic, once again. Grocery bags and peeling duffels and crates of books in...
hello again
November 5, 2023
Happy daylight savings day! I am re starting this newsletter, and it will be very different but also kind of the same. Here's the deal: When I wrote the last...
refection time!
September 2, 2022
I wanted, of course, to organize my thoughts in a polished reflection. That, of course, has simply not occurred. So here is my last desert newsletter (!!),...
hiding out !
August 6, 2022
Hello! It’s been a while. As a prelude to this newsletter, I recommend checking out this SWEET game from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. I had a blast ;)...
El Lagarto
July 17, 2022
El Lagarto Sus brazos, como míos El codo curvo, como mío Cara, mira el sol En la mañana, él está despacio Espera por el luz de dia Le veo en todas partes:...
On to July
July 11, 2022
Songs of the desert It is a patient template, quiet / Brief rustle of the wind / Perks my ears in the expanse When the morning is beginning and the light...
stort stories (some shorter than others)
June 26, 2022
The poisoning I wandered off to find a place to poop, feeling “out of it”, unsure how “out of it” is really enough to be concerned about and debating whether...
migrations
June 12, 2022
lucky to have these cute visitors last weekend <3 AND they came with a soundtrack. ~ ~ ~ This morning, I arrived at the skate park at 7am and had two hours...
Looking up
May 30, 2022
A week ago, I stared up at creosote fluff balls glowing like Christmas ornaments against a bright blue sky. Belly full of lunch, head on my backpack,...
3 seed collections
May 22, 2022
Splish splash splosh sploosh spike Teeny tiny bump / A pirouette of coffee / Dancing in my cup (as we drove out to collect Ericameria linearifolia) I’m...
what's growing?
May 15, 2022
term of the week: Attractive Shrub ! You are not alone if, at times, you find yourself feeling somewhat dismissive of shrubs. They don’t usually have the...
a short one
May 8, 2022
Cholla (Cylindropuntia spp.) flower and bud ~ ~ ~ Well, this weekend has flown by, and it's already far past my bedtime, but I want to share a few updated...
trees. trees? trees!
May 1, 2022
Beatrice and I arrived in El Centro knowing nothing about the desert. Nothing. I rolled up to the western hotel surrounded by sunset, parked my Subaru...
encounters
April 18, 2022
Pickle Juice. The brightest green to wash down lunch The midday sun scorching Us, crouched in shade I didn't know I needed it This badly It's like that...
A scattered one
April 9, 2022
Ruby throated buzz Wet sand, this post downpour day Fleeting rainbow clouds ~ ~ ~ The last week of March was eventful - desert rain and our first seed...
flowers!
March 27, 2022
Good morning! (from last night) The two chihuahua’s I live with are named Isabel and Pinto. They’re zooming around the yard (Pinto in particular) as the cat...
A rave regarding Cheesebush
March 20, 2022
Good evening lovely people in my life <3 Here to share a bedtime story about a new friend of mine. ~ ~ ~ A rave regarding Cheesebush (Ambrosia/Hymenoclea...
Scouting for Asclepias
March 12, 2022
On Thursday, I ran up a hill of crumbling, finger-sized scree, whooping, hand on my hat to keep it from the wind. I was surrounded by an expanse of craggy...
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