We finally got our garlic planted

by CC Elder, Bellingham It’s a fringe society action really. We’re just filling in the gaps. Shoving a bulbous teardrop into the dark. I consider it an act of reclamation. Reclaiming a little piece of something. Never sure what it is we’re reclaiming, but we’re reclaiming it anyways. One of our flagship sites is a full city lot, three blocks from my house. I refer to it as Little Nicaragua, as the owner is preparing to retire in Nicaragua. The owner tore down the... Read More

Forest BLING

photos and text by Caleb McBee A pacific golden chantrelle hides beneath a budding green forest life form. The awe and wonder you feel when you spot your first wild Pacific Golden Chanterelle is staggering. Like a golden flash snapping you out of a dream. Your heart pounds with excitement as you kneel down besides your precious find. My first find luckily was a beautiful large fully exposed specimen. The golden cup gently accepted my hand as I carefully cut the stem through the... Read More

The Regional Harvest

by Daniel Emmerson, Poland photo by Haley Petersen Today I took part in a truly remarkable tradition that brought together local Polish communities and put smiles on the faces of all who attended. It was a gathering of both social spirit and local collaboration to a most exciting and humble degree. I am one of the only few English people to have visited the area of Dzialoszice recently, and so today I was invited to interview one of the senior language teachers of the region... Read More

The Better To See You With, My Dear

Caroline McCarty Have you ever wondered what the white part of your eyes is called? It’s called the sclera. And it seems to be teaching us magnitudes about ourselves and our past as an evolving race. As humans, we have the biggest ratio of visible sclera to iris compared to all other primates. It is easy to notice the lack of visible sclera in other animals, as well. Some animals, lizards and horses, for example, can have a black sclera. Japanese researchers Hiromi Kobayashi... Read More

Go Springboks! (& an Eddy Merckx Bike)

An anonymous and educational love letter forwarded from Cape Town with photos of Hira Lesea’s sweet blue bike in Northern Italy Cockpit of the Eddy Merckx Eurociclo Special This might come in handy Daisy Miller, Did you know during  the Second Boer War, a Boer force attempting to sneak up on the Royal Canadian Dragoons was defeated after their movements startled the nearby springbok, alerting the Royal Canadian Dragoons. Sashka just left a bit ago. You can see the uneasiness... Read More

Double Crossed

Photo by David Manzanares Poem by Sarah A. Kulla, High Con Bajio Office The thought crossed my mind, as my mind crossed my thoughts I felt double crossed! Sometimes I think about the things I would write if I were a writer. Long stories, pages swelling, emotions concieved and released. I haven’t written in years. My head hurts thinking about it until I cry and then I feel calm. I think about the strong woman I could be if I could only stand up straight. I would laugh louder... Read More