Cairns 71 Beginning of the Long Nights, 2012 The first rains of California’s winter rainy season were perfect (from a Gaian sense). They were gentle but steady, four or five days apart with warm weather in between so all the…
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Just learning how to play with all of this.
Getting Help – Cairns #70
So on our third day of our wedding anniversary’s five day float down the Willamette River, our kayak snagged and flipped and suddenly Alysia and I were in the water. We had been exploring a side channel of an island.…
Cairns #69 – Beginning of the Long Days, 2012
Backpacking Class I offered a backpacking class this spring as part of Chrysalis’s Friday afternoon electives. One thing I enjoyed was the way in which the kids began to play with the natural surroundings. I led three different hikes to…
Cairns #68 – 2 Eyes Stories, Animal Trails
Helping turn the prow of our entropyship, the Earth, back upstream so that Earth’s evolving consciousness may explore the vast headwaters of the Universe for billions of years to come. Cairns of H.O.P.E. #68 End of the Long Nights, 2012 …
Cairns #67 – Jets and Eddies
Helping turn the prow of our entropyship, the Earth, back upstream so that Earth’s evolving consciousness may explore the vast headwaters of the Universe for billions of years to come. Cairns of H.O.P.E. #67 – Beginning of the Long Nights,…
A Phenomenal Place – Cairns #66
I was driving home through Oregon after visiting my Mom. But since I had my kayak with me, I thought I would take a chance and check out the Warner Wetlands on the way. Southeastern Oregon is full of huge,…
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Cairns #66 – A Phenomenal Place
Helping turn the prow of our entropyship, the Earth, back upstream so that Earth’s evolving consciousness may explore the vast headwaters of the Universe for billions of years to come. Cairns of H.O.P.E. #66 – End of the Long Days,…
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Cairns #65 – Cat Twist – Lead on a slower path
Helping turn the prow of our entropyship, the Earth, back upstream so that Earth’s evolving consciousness may explore the vast headwaters of the Universe for billions of years to come. Cairns #65 – Beginning of the Long Days, 2011 …
Ahjumawi: A Sense of Place – Cairns #63
Ahjumawi – A Sense of Place I took a Chrysalis graduate (a naturalist in the making) camping up at Ahjumawi, a favorite kayaking place of mine. We went out on an evening kayak excursion. Swirling flocks of blackbirds brought us…
Amid the Turning Tide – Cairns #54
Certain slow processes unfold so wonderfully that I can watch subtle changes for hours with no desire to speed them up: the emergence of an adult dragonfly from its larval exoskeleton, the way a stream carries sand as it flows…
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