Souls In-earthed
The Kirkbride Cemetery itself and the Poor Farm Cemetery. Both are full of graves, most unmarked. Crates with rusting bindings edge the cemetery; each crate has five grave markers engraved with names and dates of [...]
Wyman Park Global Exchange
Lisa McCall and Autumn Van Old have been coming to Wyman Park for this event since 2011. The Stoney Run flows through Wyman Park on its eventual way to the Chesapeake Bay. The stream is [...]
Goodbye to Our Houses Lost in the Glass Fire
We walked around to each of our ten house sites (12 homes) and other misc. out buildings that burned down completely in the Glass Fire in Sept. 2020. We read out loud a description of [...]
Sorting Things Out When It All Goes to Pot
This place, which I used to feel very happy about, has become a place I avoid, as it triggers feelings of not having done well enough at balancing work & play as well as not [...]
Gratitude and Relationship
Two days prior to Global Earth Exchange I hiked around the Sandy River near Dodge Park (Oregon) to consider the best way to show appreciation and honor this area. I took pictures of graffiti and [...]
What’s in the Dirt?
I have lived in this new townhome development since last October, 2020. Since it's a community still under construction, I have borne witness to how devastating a construction zone can be on the surrounding environment. [...]
Cultivating Radical Joy in an age of 5G
5G and an antidote of joy We met in a loved suburban garden, with 5G all around. Each of us carrying grief and shock at the impact of EMFs on our lives and the body [...]
Peace at Piscataway Park
We were surrounded by dragonflies, cicadas, and the sweet smells of pollinating plants as we wandered through the tree-shaded trails of Piscataway Park. As always, the water drew us. The shoreline was scattered with driftwood [...]
Acts of Beauty around an old recovering Olive Tree
First photo: In the middle is a black hole of a burned old tree. A Long time ago, it was an strong olive tree, but a big fire took it away 70 years ago, (along [...]