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Wings...https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20190924_163013.jpg20190924_163013It's hard to spot, but there is a pileated woodpecker in this photo that I took last summer on one of my many creek outings. Dog nearby, feet in creek, eyes on tree: That's pretty much heaven for me.2020-03-20T16:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2020/03/18/6448/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200318_170519-498x1024-1.jpg20200318_170519 (498x1024)2020-03-19T14:34:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2020/03/17/love-in-the-time-of-covid-19/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200313_191533-1024x768-1.jpg20200313_191533 (1024x768)2020-03-18T00:28:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/12/23/hacks-for-the-holidaze/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/319693504_bd75a21dfa_o.jpg319693504_bd75a21dfa_o2019-12-23T21:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/09/27/a-safe-space/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/3546734689_b79f63e69f_c.jpg3546734689_b79f63e69f_chttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190621_065115.jpg20190621_0651152019-10-06T15:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/08/23/getting-and-spending/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/7469978464_6ebe7c0c7c_z.jpg7469978464_6ebe7c0c7c_z2019-08-23T18:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/08/09/the-uses-of-joy/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2259202003_70b2500654_b.jpg2259202003_70b2500654_b2019-08-09T18:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/07/25/the-wound/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5724740_5d744009ea_b.jpg5724740_5d744009ea_b2019-07-26T19:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/07/03/morning-incantation/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190621_064805.jpg20190621_0648052019-07-11T16:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/06/21/i-wonder/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190412_162748.jpg20190412_162748https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190417_153236.jpg20190417_153236https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190415_124724.jpg20190415_124724https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190413_154207-1024x768.jpg20190413_154207 (1024x768)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/64428468_813665272367350_2574096538988969984_n.jpg64428468_813665272367350_2574096538988969984_nCardinal landing, with piney squirrelhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190606_071554.jpg20190606_071554Song sparrowhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/indigo-bunting.jpgindigo buntingMale indigo bunting. Not my hand (but I did get to do the release.)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190503_074507.jpg20190503_074507Anthill. The littlest creatures can move the earth.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190606_070139.jpg20190606_070139Morning walkhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/damselfly.jpgdamselflyDamselfly with iridescent wing on my back door2019-07-11T16:24:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/05/21/bodymindspiritearth/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3899138849_da1564857b_b.jpg3899138849_da1564857b_bhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/shedding.jpgsheddinghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6951289607_08961b1d10_k.jpg6951289607_08961b1d10_k2019-06-18T21:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/04/03/the-importance-of-embracing-earnest/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/signal-box-art.jpgsignal box arthttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/crocus-bee.jpgcrocus beehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/opal.jpgopal2019-04-03T18:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2019/02/08/galloping/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/horse.jpghorsehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20190207_140733.jpg20190207_1407332019-03-17T19:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/12/31/resonance/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/winter-lights.jpgwinter lightshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20170929_130450.jpg20170929_1304502019-02-01T10:00:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/10/10/three-hours-north/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180930_123853-768x1024.jpg20180930_123853 (768x1024)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180930_123839-768x1024.jpg20180930_123839 (768x1024)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180930_125818-768x1024.jpg20180930_125818 (768x1024)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180929_162412-768x1024.jpg20180929_162412 (768x1024)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180929_160630-768x1024.jpg20180929_160630 (768x1024)2018-10-10T21:33:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/09/28/healers-for-the-culture/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180928_074150.jpg20180928_074150https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180928_080143.jpg20180928_080143https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/shroom.jpgshroom2018-09-28T21:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/09/21/6295/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/16804656969_ddf002fe09_k.jpg16804656969_ddf002fe09_kPhoto by Eva Funderburgh, via Flickr Creative Commons2018-09-21T21:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/06/12/come-on-out/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180607_2029261.jpg20180607_202926Open up, little flower.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180607_202926-e1534800703148.jpg20180607_202926Open up, little flower. 2018-08-20T21:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/07/29/who-makes-the-sun-rise/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/5883413226_e74700d408_z.jpg5883413226_e74700d408_z2018-07-30T21:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/04/24/6251/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180422_110831-768x1024.jpg20180422_110831 (768x1024)Marsh marigold and skunk cabbage, indicators of a seep spring. Fun fact: skunk cabbage is pollinated by flies, so it stinks like rotting meat!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180422_115107-768x1024.jpg20180422_115107 (768x1024)Love the color of this fungus, which I can't ID. Anyone?https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180422_115026-768x1024.jpg20180422_115026 (768x1024)One of many fallen trees left to decompose as "nurse logs" for other species.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180422_115737-1024x768.jpg20180422_115737 (1024x768)A field beyond the border of Shrader-Weaver will be put into trees.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180422_110439-768x1024.jpg20180422_110439 (768x1024)Trout lily in bloom at Shrader-Weaver Nature Preserve.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180422_113343-768x1024.jpg20180422_113343 (768x1024)Tulip poplar, Indiana's state tree because it was used for so many log cabins, stands straight and tall on land protected in perpetuity.2018-06-12T21:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/05/31/the-shape-of-redemption/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20170928_092552.jpg20170928_092552Not the Amazon, but a river I've visited, with its own transformative healing power.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/5806126162_70978be261_z.jpg5806126162_70978be261_zPhoto by Mariusz Kluzniak, via Flickr Creative Commons.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/monster.jpgmonster2018-06-04T15:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/04/17/more-tips-for-the-anxiety-prone/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180417_131914-1024x768.jpg20180417_131914 (1024x768)Tips from the 14-year-old daughter of a friend who attended my Sheroes in Everywoman workshop this week.2018-04-23T14:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/04/04/lies-ive-loved/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180404_133655-1024x768.jpg20180404_133655 (1024x768)I can never remember what these are called. I used to ask Dad year after year.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180404_131042-768x1024.jpg20180404_131042 (768x1024)Daffodil head blew far from its stalk.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180404_130910-1024x768.jpg20180404_130910 (1024x768)Blossoms in a sand trap show the high mark.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180402_080217-768x1024.jpg20180402_080217 (768x1024)You can't see it, but there was a kingfisher in this old craggy cottonwood by the creek.2018-04-15T14:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/03/25/ephemeral-nature/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/scene-6-1024x7681.jpgscene 6 (1024x768)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/scene-7-758x1024.jpgscene 7 (758x1024)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/scene-5-768x1024.jpgscene 5 (768x1024)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/scene-6-1024x768.jpgscene 6 (1024x768)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/scene-1-1024x768.jpgscene 1 (1024x768)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/scene-3.jpgscene 3https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/scene-4-768x1024.jpgscene 4 (768x1024)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/scene-2-768x1024.jpgscene 2 (768x1024)2018-03-26T19:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/about/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/me-painting.pngCommunity Art ProjectShawndra Paintinghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/me-with-cooker.jpgShawndra with sun cooker2018-03-23T19:50:49+00:00weekly0.6https://shawndramiller.com/2018/03/09/tips-for-the-anxiety-prone/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/beautiful-hackberry-562x749.jpgbeautiful hackberry (562x749)I visit this tree every day. It keeps me grounded.2018-03-14T19:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/02/18/the-alchemy-of-yoga/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20414040_10156336785918942_1377376101073977175_o.jpg20414040_10156336785918942_1377376101073977175_o2018-02-19T01:25:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/02/07/prairie-skies/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20180207_110918-764x1024.jpg20180207_110918 (764x1024)My beloved and battered 1972 copy of the first volume.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/laura_ingalls_wilder.jpgLaura_Ingalls_WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder2018-02-09T01:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/01/31/dubious-science-the-talking-killer-whale/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1154300836_5c66f4fa9f_z.jpg1154300836_5c66f4fa9f_zPhoto by "JellyBean" via Flickr Creative Commons2018-02-04T17:15:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/01/24/flowers-in-2018/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cimg3806-1024x768.jpgCIMG3806 (1024x768)2018-01-24T20:23:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2018/01/05/dances-of-universal-peace/2018-01-18T21:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/contact-me/2018-01-05T22:36:53+00:00weekly0.6https://shawndramiller.com/2017/12/31/one-resolution/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171231_112257-629x800.jpg20171231_112257 (629x800)Any other weird kids want to come out and play?https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171231_105119-1024x779.jpg20171231_105119 (1024x779)Crayon drawing I made Dec. 30 or 31, 19942018-01-04T20:58:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/12/20/designing-life-in-alignment/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171219_092917-800x559.jpg20171219_092917 (800x559)Holiday bakinghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171220_104416-1024x781.jpg20171220_104416 (1024x781)Cat optional. (But look how imperious he is with his paw on that schedule!)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171219_122453-800x800.jpg20171219_122453 (800x800)I love the "not-to-do" list box.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171219_122817-800x600.jpg20171219_122817 (800x600)Rewarding myself with a sticker. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171219_122320-800x540.jpg20171219_122320 (800x540)The day Opal goes to the petsitter.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171216_132037-768x1024.jpg20171216_132037 (768x1024)I bought the eco-version, which is a reusable cover with an insert that can be switched out year to year.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/image2-e1513791802868.jpgimage22018-01-01T03:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/12/12/the-truth-about-ease/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/6170496511_0a3b07b582_z.jpg6170496511_0a3b07b582_zPhoto by Walt Stoneburner, via Flickr Creative Commons2017-12-21T01:04:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/12/04/integrity/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/woman-489298_640.jpgwoman-489298_640Ladakhi woman, photo via Pixabay, Creative Commons licence2017-12-05T00:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/11/03/localizing-a-systemic-solutions-multiplier/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/rome-1024x768.jpgrome (1024x768)2017-12-04T19:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/11/17/a-new-framework/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/14655442835_f37d57041a_z.jpg14655442835_f37d57041a_zPhoto by proby458 (Paul), via Flickr Commons2017-11-24T21:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/11/09/more-kinds-of-beauty/2017-11-26T04:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/10/23/from-me-too-to-we-all/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170928_095742-768x1024.jpg20170928_095742 (768x1024)2017-11-26T18:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/10/13/5880/2017-10-16T20:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/09/21/full-attentional-living/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170911_075027917.jpgIMG_20170911_075027917Where you can find me most mornings.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/scan0009.jpgscan00092017-10-06T16:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/10/05/rock-will-wear-away/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170926_121521-768x1024.jpg20170926_121521 (768x1024)Lichen, Kolob Canyonhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170926_115559-768x1024.jpg20170926_115559 (768x1024)Water in the streambed of Taylor Creek, Kolob Canyon.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170928_124215-768x1024.jpg20170928_124215 (768x1024)Virgin River continues to shape Zion Canyon in Zion National Park.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170927_102616-768x1024.jpg20170927_102616 (768x1024)Erosion made this arch in Bryce Canyon2017-10-06T17:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/09/14/truest-home/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170914_114154957-576x1024.jpgIMG_20170914_114154957 (576x1024)Do you see an oak tree in this acorn?https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170914_114228748_hdr-1024x466.jpgIMG_20170914_114228748_HDR (1024x466)"A cloud can never die. A cloud can become snow, or hail…or rain. But it is impossible for a cloud to pass from being into non-being." —Thich Nhat Hanh https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170913_155932796-570x1024.jpgIMG_20170913_155932796 (570x1024)I had a headache till I went out yesterday in the rain to pick raspberries and mint. Home heals.2017-09-14T16:05:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/09/08/contacting-the-infinite-self/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yucca.jpgyucca2017-09-10T20:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/08/03/contracting/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_20170801_134733794_hdr.jpgIMG_20170801_134733794_HDRhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_6894-1.jpgIMG_6894 (1)This was the sunset that greeted me on arrival. Photo by Julie Stewart.2017-08-05T21:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/07/28/a-tale-of-two-projects/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_20170720_173116403.jpgIMG_20170720_173116403Last week I toured a Traverse City, MI asylum of roughly the same era as Seven Steeples.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/p-and-d-sawing.jpgP and D sawingA photo from one of my sojourns--a Bloomington homeschooling cooperative based around permaculture principles.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web-eagle-creek-park.jpgweb eagle creek parkSpiderweb photo by Barbara Jablonski, taken at Eagle Creek Park2017-07-31T16:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/07/14/microbes-a-love-story/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mouth.jpgmouthActual shot of my poor swollen jowl the night of the "incident." Later my lips turned blue at the corner. It was a good look!2017-07-27T14:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/07/06/ruminations-on-reverence/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sara-photo-5.jpgSara photo 5Photo by Sara Long2017-07-08T14:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/06/29/a-biodiversity-birthright/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sara-photo-4.jpgSara photo 4Bumblebee on milkweed. Photo by Sara Long.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sara-photo-3.jpgSara photo 3Photo by Sara Long.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sara-photo-1.jpgSara photo 1Sunfish. Photo by Sara Long.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sara-photo-2.jpgSara photo 2Green frog. Photo by Sara Long.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170620_120323147.jpgIMG_20170620_120323147This wafer ash (or hop tree) is host plant for Indiana's largest butterfly, the Giant Swallowtail.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170622_110507432-2-875x1024.jpgIMG_20170622_110507432 (2) (875x1024)Green frog. Photo by Sara Long.2019-06-21T21:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/06/16/body-is-home/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3583-768x1024.jpgIMG_3583 (768x1024)Crater Lake and me. With slight bat wings. (This was a few years ago.)2017-06-17T15:14:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/06/08/weird-kidgone-berrying/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/scan0010.jpgscan0010Right, I'll just leave this here, since I can't find one with my hair in Laura Ingalls braids and my astigmatic eyes hidden behind goofy spectacles. And my big buck teeth sticking out.2017-06-11T14:09:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/06/01/the-water-we-swim/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_0024.jpgIMG_0024https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/11701146_889204527794349_6217360914334214743_n.jpg11701146_889204527794349_6217360914334214743_nhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/17155309_1279151162133015_4718589805624886775_n.jpg17155309_1279151162133015_4718589805624886775_n2017-06-04T21:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/05/25/feel-the-hum/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170330_073918260-576x1024.jpgIMG_20170330_073918260 (576x1024)This photo was taken in March, but you get the idea.2017-05-26T14:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/05/18/what-would-gene-stratton-porter-do/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_2092-476x636.jpgIMG_2092 (476x636)In the shadow of Wildflower Woods cabin, looking over Sylvan Lake.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170511_115437300_hdr-1024x576.jpgIMG_20170511_115437300_HDR (1024x576)Where she slept with cocoons. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_2090-636x476.jpgIMG_2090 (636x476)Wildflower Woods on Sylvan Lake, the house that she designed and used as creative workshop.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170511_125045554_hdr-1024x576.jpgIMG_20170511_125045554_HDR (1024x576)Limberlost Cabin in Geneva, where Gene Stratton-Porter began her writing and photography career. Her many-windowed conservatory is facing us.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_2103-478x638.jpgIMG_2103 (478x638)She helped build this low stone wall around Limberlost Cabin, with openings for wildlife.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_2101-640x480.jpgIMG_2101 (640x480)Limberlost Cabin in Geneva, where Gene Stratton-Porter began her writing and photography career.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gsp_portrait_01_-_front_4x6.jpgGSP_Portrait_01_-_Front_4X6Portrait of Gene Stratton-Porter, via Creative Commons2017-05-19T14:09:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/05/09/cocooning-and-re-forming/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/428063994_dbf94aaada_z.jpg428063994_dbf94aaada_z"Cocoon" by Louise LeClerc, via Flickr Creative Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/416891927_f619424e86_z.jpg416891927_f619424e86_zPhoto by Nathan, via Flickr Creative Commons2017-05-17T22:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/05/04/picking-up-the-healing-trail-guest-blog/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nesting-mute-swan-by-mike-scott.jpgNesting Mute Swan by Mike ScottNesting Mute Swan by Mike Scotthttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/white-throated-sparrow-by-john-flannery.jpgWhite Throated Sparrow by John Flanneryhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1558.jpgIMG_1558https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1563.jpgIMG_15632017-05-05T20:59:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/04/26/the-100-foot-salad/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170426_193609535-1024x635.jpgIMG_20170426_193609535 (1024x635)I give you the 100-foot salad.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170426_192308940-564x1024.jpgIMG_20170426_192308940 (564x1024)I love to go out foraging with my little colander.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170209_153449648-576x1024.jpgIMG_20170209_153449648 (576x1024)"Lady Chives" in February, with an undignified mullet peeking out from her pillbox hat.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170426_191152379-1024x520.jpgIMG_20170426_191152379 (1024x520)OK, so the plants themselves did not originate within 100 feet of my kitchen, but once they're in the garden, I claim them.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170418_170024600-569x1024.jpgIMG_20170418_170024600 (569x1024)Seriously yummy basswood leaves. Later in the summer (actually very soon) it will be hard to find a small leaf this shiny and new on the low branches of "my" tree.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170418_165835494-559x1024.jpgIMG_20170418_165835494 (559x1024)Redbud blooms, the pinkest salad topper ever.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170418_165714642-520x1024.jpgIMG_20170418_165714642 (520x1024)Trout lily, in a photo snapped before my "salad bowl" across the street was mowed by an enterprising neighbor.2017-05-15T17:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/04/13/preserving-timeless-arts/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2065.jpgIMG_2065Me and my old friend Vikihttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2064-480x640.jpgIMG_2064 (480x640)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2063-480x640.jpgIMG_2063 (480x640)2017-04-13T19:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/04/05/microscopic-truth/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_3366-768x1024.jpgIMG_3366 (768x1024)Disembodied2017-04-05T21:12:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/03/30/nettle-me-please/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5619-579x1024.jpgIMG_5619 (579x1024)Pour nearly-boiling water over the leaves, loosely cap, and let brew for 8-24 hours. Best to drink within a day or so.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5613-768x1024.jpgIMG_5613 (768x1024)Fill a Mason jar half full of leaves, and you're nearly there.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5612-1024x764.jpgIMG_5612 (1024x764)My herbalist friend Greg Monzel says that the red color is due to chilly temperatures. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5607-1024x768.jpgIMG_5607 (1024x768)I use kitchen gloves to snip and prep my nettles.2017-03-30T21:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/03/22/garcias-gardens/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5532-857x1024.jpgIMG_5532 (857x1024)One of the best parts of working at home instead of in a corporation, as he did a few years ago, is more time with his daughters.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5528-896x1024.jpgIMG_5528 (896x1024)Daniel checking under the hood of his 1940s-era David Bradley two-wheeled tractor.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5485-731x1024.jpgIMG_5485 (731x1024)2017-03-23T18:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/03/15/the-case-for-slowing-down/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cimg3550-1024x768.jpgCIMG3550 (1024x768)2017-03-15T20:08:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/03/08/rising/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kwan-yin-1-759x1024.jpgkwan yin 1 (759x1024)Guan Yin, Goddess of Mercy, female Buddha, photographed at a temple in China2017-03-09T02:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/03/01/infinite/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/admiring_the_galaxy-1024x682.jpgadmiring_the_galaxy-1024x682Admiring the Galaxy, By ESO/A. Fitzsimmons - via Wikimedia Commons2017-03-01T21:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/02/22/a-little-time-out/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/388408962_d50b59e660_b.jpg388408962_d50b59e660_bPhoto by Gunnar Sigurður Zoega Guðmundsson, via Flickr Commons2017-02-22T21:02:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/02/15/a-love-story/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lord_krishna_with_flute.jpglord_krishna_with_fluteLord Krishna with flute, via Wikimedia Commons, photo by Virumandi1https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5561-1024x755.jpgimg_5561-1024x7552017-02-15T21:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/02/08/the-calder-conundrum-or-lack-thereof/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/640px-aula_magna-calder-ucv.jpg640px-aula_magna-calder-ucvBy Caracas1830 - Own work, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/alexander_calder-_mobile.jpgalexander_calder-_mobileBy Manuelarosi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/calder_the_eagle_at_bank_one_fort_worth.jpgcalder_the_eagle_at_bank_one_fort_worthBy KentBetts - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mc3b3bile.jpgmobileBy Alexander Calder via Wikimedia Commons2017-02-09T06:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/11/07/affiliation/2017-02-01T20:37:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/02/01/the-impossible/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cell.jpgcell2017-02-01T19:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/01/25/the-world-we-seek/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5808.jpgimg_5808https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20170121_112148884-559x1024.jpgimg_20170121_112148884-559x1024"Though she be but little, she is FIERCE."https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/little-girl-720x960.jpglittle-girl-720x960https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0504_2-659x1024.jpgimg_0504_2-659x1024Photo by Gaynell Collier-Magarhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20170121_104503760_hdr-1024x576.jpgimg_20170121_104503760_hdr-1024x5762017-01-27T16:12:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/01/18/puzzling/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5505-1024x766.jpgimg_5505-1024x766A mystery puzzle.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/barb-and-puzzle-958x574.jpgbarb-and-puzzle-958x574A puzzle made from a map of home.2017-01-19T17:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/01/14/homegrown/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20161114_150651857-1024x617.jpgimg_20161114_150651857-1024x6172017-01-15T15:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2017/01/07/transforming-an-old-habit/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/4969562312_6ce1afb19f_z.jpg4969562312_6ce1afb19f_zPhoto by Daniel D'Auria, via Flickr Commons.2017-01-17T21:13:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/12/31/how-shall-we-meet-ourselves/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/9009347111_8a67844205_z.jpg9009347111_8a67844205_zPhoto by Vivian D Nguyen, via Flickr Commons2017-01-02T16:49:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/12/24/shine-in-me/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/3161883549_46e7338725_z.jpg3161883549_46e7338725_zPhoto by rahul rekapalli, via flickr commons.2016-12-24T23:18:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/11/18/no-one-unreachable/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/8541398947_5ed3942d77_b.jpg8541398947_5ed3942d77_bTree of Life, by Andrea, via Flickr Commons2016-12-13T16:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/11/12/how/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_20161111_150100764.jpgimg_20161111_150100764Opal and the Wise Old Oak.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/78pa104_076.jpg78pa104_0762016-11-12T23:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/09/27/on-peace-day/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5097-1024x768.jpgimg_5097-1024x768Getting ready to walk the neighborhood.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/20160921_175955-576x1024.jpg20160921_175955-576x1024Elijah shows the poster he and his mother created. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5088-1024x768.jpgimg_5088-1024x768View of the labyrinth from my forward bend. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5090-880x1024.jpgimg_5090-880x1024Alicia and her son Elijah modeling hip stretches.2016-09-27T17:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/09/20/made-of-sunshine/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5049-768x1024.jpgimg_5049-768x1024Brady Bolen bottles and labels the freshly pressed oil.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5053-768x1024.jpgimg_5053-768x1024Honey from Bastin Honey Bee Farm of Knightstown is sold onsite along with the oils.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5042-727x1024.jpgimg_5042-727x1024Craig Boyer with a section of the filtration system for the culinary oils.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5054-1024x755.jpgimg_5054-1024x755Sunflower fields forever.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5052-1024x743.jpgimg_5052-1024x743Once you've tried it, you will crave its buttery flavor.2016-09-21T13:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/09/13/building-relationships-through-co-ownership/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/11057396_1570345689882526_3961749264440139710_o.jpg11057396_1570345689882526_3961749264440139710_oiAMCo-op originated as a monthly film social; pictured: Indianapolis-made "Uncharted."https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/biz-card_iamcoop-vertical21.pngbiz-card_iamcoop-vertical2https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/iamc_infographc-0.jpgiamc_infographc-02016-09-13T16:31:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/09/06/dont-sneeze-it-squeeze-it/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_20160906_182111163-810x1024.jpgimg_20160906_182111163-810x1024It's somewhat clearer looking in real life.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5077-496x1024.jpgimg_5077-496x1024Pouring, obvs.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5074-675x1024.jpgimg_5074-675x1024That got the last of the oil out of my "pesto."https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5070-768x1024.jpgimg_5070-768x1024This got old pretty fast.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5068-768x1024.jpgimg_5068-768x1024I do like my smoothies thick, though.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5067-768x1024.jpgimg_5067-768x1024I decided to use some of my Healthy Hoosier Oil canola oil--which is cold-pressed from canola seeds grown just north of where I live. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5065-766x1024.jpgimg_5065-766x1024Years ago I received a VitaMix as a gift. I echo a friend who says she can't decide which is more critical: her smartphone or her VitaMix.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5059-1024x768.jpgimg_5059-1024x768This part was less fun than the foraging.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5057-1024x731.jpgimg_5057-1024x731Our cat Edgar promptly set up shopkeeping next to my gleanings.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_20160904_111317015-1024x576.jpgimg_20160904_111317015-1024x5762016-09-09T20:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/08/26/sing-light/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3691-767x1024.jpgIMG_3691 (767x1024)2016-08-26T22:40:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/08/04/ill-meet-you-there/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3593-1024x766.jpgIMG_3593 (1024x766)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/in-shade-best.jpgin shade best2016-08-05T20:08:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/07/19/pollination-takes-many-forms/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20160712_213113.jpg20160712_213113A simple butterfly feeder.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4993-1024x7681.jpgIMG_4993 (1024x768)A contemplative moment in the center of the labyrinthhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_5006-767x10241.jpgIMG_5006 (767x1024)Starting milkweed seed in peat pots.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_5006-767x1024.jpgIMG_5006 (767x1024)Planting milkweed in peat pots.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4993-1024x768.jpgIMG_4993 (1024x768)In the centerhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4995-1024x768.jpgIMG_4995 (1024x768)View from the butterfly bushhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4972-1024x767.jpgIMG_4972 (1024x767)on the butterfly bushhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4988-1024x749.jpgIMG_4988 (1024x749)Walking the labyrinthhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4960-1024x769.jpgIMG_4960 (1024x769)bumblebeehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4955-1024x767.jpgIMG_4955 (1024x767)Bee on coneflower.2016-07-20T01:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/04/10/the-ground-rules/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nancewithwalnuts.jpgNancewithwalnutsNancy removing husks from walnuts grown in her food forest.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gooey-compost-fingers.jpggooey compost fingers"It's crazy fun to work with food slop," says Nancy.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/reader_nance_klehm_3174.jpgReader_Nance_Klehm_3174Nance Klehm2016-07-13T20:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/07/08/this-is-humanity/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4950-853x1024.jpgIMG_4950 (853x1024)2016-07-09T12:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/06/27/catching-abundance/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_20160627_135622548-1024x668.jpgIMG_20160627_135622548 (1024x668)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_20160626_185540693-1024x576.jpgIMG_20160626_185540693 (1024x576)I picked these yesterday. Blackberries, red raspberries, wild black raspberries, mulberries, and a couple Alpine strawberries.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_20160609_200830515-576x1024.jpgIMG_20160609_200830515 (576x1024)Dan's tree was loaded. Enough for birds and neighbors to enjoy, while still filling his freezer.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_20160613_203841863-725x1024.jpgIMG_20160613_203841863 (725x1024)The abundant salad2016-06-28T17:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/12/12/the-more-beautiful-world/2016-06-22T19:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/01/14/kinship/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4462.jpgIMG_4462https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4463.jpgIMG_4463https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4464.jpgIMG_4464https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4461.jpgIMG_4461https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/beautiful-hackberry.jpgbeautiful hackberry2016-06-22T18:08:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/06/19/my-dad-who-made-the-world-better-take-4/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_20160619_191638076-1024x734.jpgIMG_20160619_191638076 (1024x734)2016-06-20T01:22:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/06/13/magnify-love/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/illusion-768x1024.jpgIllusion (768x1024)From a long-ago day at Puget Sound.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/flower-1024x768.jpgFlower (1024x768)No snake, just flower.2016-06-13T16:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/06/07/were-walking-ecosystems-notes-on-collaboration/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/11285902014_240074a727_z.jpg11285902014_240074a727_zPhoto credit Michael Mayer, via Flickr Creative Commons https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/17104540588_afc2a615dc_z.jpg17104540588_afc2a615dc_zMitochondria (red) are organelles found in most cells. They generate a cell's chemical energy. Credit: NICHD/U. Manor, via Flickr Creative Commons2016-06-08T18:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/05/21/walking-as-one/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160507_125639-1024x576.jpg20160507_125639 (1024x576)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160507_140652-1024x576.jpg20160507_140652 (1024x576)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160507_123049-1024x576.jpg20160507_123049 (1024x576)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160507_125954-1024x576.jpg20160507_125954 (1024x576)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160507_132217-1024x576.jpg20160507_132217 (1024x576)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160507_131234-1024x576.jpg20160507_131234 (1024x576)2016-05-21T16:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/02/13/a-loved-world/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/atelopus_zeteki_4.jpgAtelopus_zeteki_(4)Photo of critically endangered Panamanian Golden Frog By Tim Vickers [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/monarch1.jpgmonarch1© Cinc212 | Dreamstime Stock Photos2016-02-26T16:27:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2016/01/12/hiatus/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flickr-hands.jpgflickr handsPhoto by Michael Lokner, via Flickr Creative Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flickr-two-hands.jpgflickr two handsPhoto by Michael Lokner, via flickr Creative Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/energy-graphic-780x682.jpgenergy graphic (780x682)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/thetahealing-flier.jpgThetaHealing Flier2016-01-12T22:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/12/10/guest-post-on-kindness/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/joy-and-heather-780x701.jpgJoy and Heather (780x701)2015-12-10T22:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/11/25/to-pause-and-give-thanks/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/thanksgiving-post-2015-780x439.jpgthanksgiving post 2015 (780x439)2015-11-25T19:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/11/20/it-can-be-shifted/2015-11-20T14:52:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/11/07/whats-already-here/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/6427108983_8c8777c9d0_z.jpg6427108983_8c8777c9d0_z2015-11-09T00:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/10/16/a-wetland-ally/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sweet-flag.jpgsweet flaghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20151013_191135602-439x780.jpgIMG_20151013_191135602 (439x780)Greg with young persimmon tree.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20151013_191200025_hdr-439x780.jpgIMG_20151013_191200025_HDR (439x780)Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab. Extra special to me because Dad volunteered here.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20151013_191200025_hdr.jpgIMG_20151013_191200025_HDR2015-10-16T19:14:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/09/30/foraging-on-two-wheels/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150929_182843421_hdr-422x780.jpgIMG_20150929_182843421_HDR (422x780)Mighty burr oakhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150929_202638444-780x644.jpgIMG_20150929_202638444 (780x644)Wood nettle. Watch out: It bites!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150929_200031135-400x780.jpgIMG_20150929_200031135 (400x780)Shaking the pawpaw treehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150929_191046912-432x780.jpgIMG_20150929_191046912 (432x780)A closer look: might be turkey tail, a mushroom known for its immunomodulating effecthttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150929_191040941-434x780.jpgIMG_20150929_191040941 (434x780)Greg with promising fungal findhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150929_184001682-780x431.jpgIMG_20150929_184001682 (780x431)Maria inspecting winged euonymus https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150929_181640077-421x780.jpgIMG_20150929_181640077 (421x780)Greg showing ??2015-09-30T15:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/09/25/to-radiate/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150717_1105062381.jpgIMG_20150717_110506238https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150717_110506238.jpgIMG_20150717_1105062382015-09-25T21:18:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/08/06/living-proof/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pollinator.jpgpollinatorFriendly pollinatorhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/queen-anne.jpgqueen anne"Queen Anne’s Lace provides beneficial nectar to insects during this dry part of the summer when they don’t have many options. Caterpillars of the Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly eat the leaves, bees and other insects drink the nectar, and predatory insects, such as the Green Lacewing, come to Queen Anne’s Lace to attack prey, such as aphids" according to Chiot's Run. (Click photo for more.)2015-08-20T10:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/07/21/adventures-in-worm-composting/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/green-bin.jpggreen binThar be worms in that thar bin (unless they've perished in the heat).https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/july-2015b.jpgJuly 2015bLots of brown eggshells still showing. What can I say, I eat a lot of eggs.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worm-bin-8.jpgWorm Bin 8Shredded paper as mentioned in my previous post!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worm-bin-7.jpgWorm Bin 7The dark stuff is a handful of bedding and worms from the indoor bin.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worm-bin-5.jpgWorm Bin 5Mixing and moisteninghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worm-bin-4.jpgWorm Bin 4Creating a nice buffet and bed for the wigglers.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worm-bin-2.jpgWorm Bin 2A very patient friend spent an evening helping me create paper bedding to add to the shredded leaves. Worm farming = big fun for all!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worm-bin-b.jpgWorm Bin bAffixing hardware to the lid, which I believe was cobbled together from old pallets.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worm-bin-a.jpgWorm Bin aI forgot to document the digging and building phases.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worm-bin-5a.jpgWorm Bin 5aMy storebought worm bin, which stays in the basement year-round.2015-07-23T12:56:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/07/16/transition-and-transformation/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mar-for-blog.jpgMar for blogSweet dreams, friend.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/july-2015.jpgJuly 2015Worms at workhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/side-view-with-buckets.jpgside view with bucketsWorm pit after ticker tape paradehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/smiling-for-blog.jpgsmiling for blogHis name was Marley. We named him after the great Bob Marley. This was before "Marley and Me."2015-07-18T15:07:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/06/22/an-unexpected-gift/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/t-quilt-1.jpgt quilt 1Many thanks to Helen Ryan-King for making this for me.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/raspberries.jpgraspberriesThey're half gone already, because I had some for breakfast too!2015-06-23T04:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/06/01/deep-learning-continues-at-avon-olc/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/harvest.jpgharvestHarvest time at Avon Outdoor Learning Centerhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/planting.jpgplantingPlanting garden at Avon Outdoor Learning Center2015-06-15T17:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/05/14/and-now-for-something-completely-different/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/volunteer.jpgvolunteerA sister volunteer/learner at an Olympia Mycelial Network project in Washington Statehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3809.jpgIMG_3809Rose (inside wall) facilitates a Mudgirls workshop.2015-05-19T22:47:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/05/06/fomenting-the-ferment/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4728.jpgIMG_4728https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4724.jpgIMG_4724Tara with pawpaw vinegarhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4729.jpgIMG_4729https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4726.jpgIMG_4726Peach habanero wine-in-the-makinghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4719.jpgIMG_4719Inside the bus, where all kinds of groovy stuff ferments!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4710.jpgIMG_4710Tara's cat Franklin is her traveling companion.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4705.jpgIMG_4705Fermentation on Wheels, a 1986 International Harvester school bus converted to a mobile fermentation lab2015-05-06T20:27:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/05/01/the-urban-forest/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sycamore_tree_branches_in_march.jpgSycamore_tree_branches_in_MarchBy Jakec, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/holly-jones1.jpgHolly JonesHolly Jones at the Indiana Urban Tree Council2015-05-02T16:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/04/24/the-miracle-of-seeds/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4597.jpgIMG_4597Austrian winter peas in springhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/seed-library-seeds.jpgSeed Library SeedsSeeds packaged by master gardeners for a new seed library located at Glendale Public Libraryhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4652.jpgIMG_4652Lamb's quartershttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4648.jpgIMG_4648Arugula volunteers in leaf mulchhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cabbage-for-blog.jpgcabbage for blogCabbage seedling planted by a volunteer at a food bank garden2015-04-24T15:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/04/03/what-the-world-needs/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amaryllis.jpgamaryllisBy psyberartist (amaryllis Uploaded by russavia) via Wikimedia Commons2015-04-07T18:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/03/26/the-reimagining/2015-03-28T16:31:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/03/19/love-where-you-live/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/crocus.jpgcrocusPhoto by Vincent de Groot, via Wikimedia Commons2015-03-26T22:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/03/15/a-mycological-field-trip/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4587.jpgIMG_4587Eric and I petting a Lion's Mane mushroom.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4574.jpgIMG_4574Bags of King Stropharia spawnhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/old-faithful.jpgold faithfulOld Faithful is a strain of shiitake that is slightly furry. Here it is growing off a block of sterilized, inoculated grain.2015-03-15T19:43:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/03/05/seven-steeples-farm/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sign.jpgsignSeven Steeples Farm https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/guys-with-hen.jpgguys with henJustin Berg, farm manager, and Mike Higbee, project coordinator, with lady friend2015-03-05T20:03:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/02/27/wild-geese-wisdom/2015-02-27T17:05:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/02/16/real-security/2015-02-16T16:14:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/02/06/the-steps-we-take-now/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mesa-refuge-residents-2013.jpgMesa Refuge residents 2013Myself, Sierra Murdoch, Jerry and Gail Needleman, and Paloma Pavel at Mesa Refugehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paloma_pavel_portrait2_hires.jpgPaloma_Pavel_portrait2_hiresPaloma Pavel2015-02-06T21:36:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/01/24/a-hollow-reed/2015-01-26T22:24:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2015/01/05/step-up-to-the-fire/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4453.jpgIMG_44532015-01-08T20:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/12/25/every-day/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4446.jpgIMG_4446Mesquite bread, made with chili peppers and cilantro.2014-12-29T18:00:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/12/03/peas-and-the-possible/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/peas.jpgpeasAustrian winter peas planted in my garden2014-12-04T16:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/11/15/neighborliness-in-a-soup/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/city-suppers.jpgCity SuppersAround our table2014-11-27T01:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/11/04/many-hands/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hands-new.jpghands newThe community's handprints are all over this site!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lisa.jpgLisa# 3 Many hands came together to beautify this street corner, all coordinated by Lisa Boyles (foreground).https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/10th-street-mural-002.jpg10th street mural 002#2 Community members of all ages have come together to paint the shapes in the mural.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4474.jpgIMG_4474Students from Paramount School of Excellence helped paint this mural.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/kib-labyrinth-interview-and-10th-and-sherman-mural-start-011.jpgartistArtist Andrew Severns outlines the design for the mural at E 10th and N Sherman Dr.2014-11-27T18:13:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/10/31/expanding-the-medicine-chest-with-herbs/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/diggin.jpgdigginhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/father-and-son.jpgfather and sonHerbalist and son showing us medicinal herbshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cilantro.jpgcilantroPlanting cilantro in front of the trenchhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wagon.jpgwagonTo the back 40, with Greg's dog Timber eager to show us the way.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/baby-boy.jpgbaby boyReady for action2014-10-31T21:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/10/23/diy-food-medicine-soil-theres-a-shroom-for-that/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/640px-stropharia_aurantiaca.jpg640px-Stropharia_aurantiaca"Stropharia aurantiaca". via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/coffee_pulp_mushroom.jpgCoffee_pulp_mushroomhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/giant_puffball_mushroom.jpgGiant_Puffball_MushroomBy Nowa (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons2014-10-23T17:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/10/14/fungi-offer-a-model-and-a-hope/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/workshop.jpgworkshopCultivation workshop at the Radical Mycology Convergence (an event that one organizer likened to "the fruiting body of a mycelial network.")https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sign.jpgsignhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mycelium.jpgmyceliumMycelium colonizing a log that's been inoculated with shiitake mushroom spore.2014-10-14T19:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/10/07/putting-the-radical-in-mycology/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sulphur_chiken_of_the_woods-20140514-086.jpgSulphur_Chiken_of_the_Woods-20140514-086By Kbh3rd (Own work), via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/group.jpggroupRadical mycologists!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/inoculating-log.jpginoculating logDrilling holes (at right) to be filled with plug spawn (left)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/path.jpgpathSpreading inoculated wood chipshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/student2.jpgstudent2Lining the path with burlaphttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/jan.jpgJanChecking out the "fruiting bodies" (tiny mushrooms) on the outside of the burlap bag full of inoculated wood chips.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/plug-spawn.jpgplug spawnPeter holds a jar of "plug spawn"--bits of furniture dowel that he inoculated with mycelium.2014-10-07T21:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/28/radical-fungi-are-my-favorite-teachers/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/nameko-bed-installation-at-demeters-permaculture-garden-in-olympia-wa.jpgNameko Bed installation at Demeter's Permaculture Garden in Olympia, WAhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/king-stropharia-bed-installation-at-peters-mushroom-cultivation-application-course-in-olympia-wa.jpgKing Stropharia bed installation at Peter's Mushroom Cultivation & Application Course in Olympia, WAhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/grassroots-bioeremediation-workshop-with-leila-darwish-at-the-radical-mycology-convergence.jpgGrassroots Bioeremediation workshop with Leila Darwish at the Radical Mycology Convergencehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/turkey-tail-logs.jpgTurkey Tail logsTurkey tail logs2014-10-07T20:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/10/03/lessons-from-the-ecovillage/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo-3.jpgphoto 3Photo by Jami Gaitherhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo-2.jpgphoto 2Photo by Jami Gaitherhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo-1.jpgphoto 1Photo by Jami Gaither2014-10-03T20:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/09/30/before-its-too-late/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/15312246255_eb6e74db0d_z.jpg15312246255_eb6e74db0d_zPhoto by Amy Dewanhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/15127799999_389b0b948e_z.jpg15127799999_389b0b948e_zPhoto by Emma Cassidyhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/15126013137_56d5d043fa_z.jpg15126013137_56d5d043fa_zCommunities displaced by climate change marched in the demonstration. Photo by Christine Irvine.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pcm-photo-7-columbus-circle.jpgPCM - Photo 7 (Columbus Circle)Photo of Columbus Circle by Rosemary Spaldinghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pcm-photo-2.jpgPCM - Photo 2Photo by Rosemary Spalding2014-09-30T20:49:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/09/27/why-i-marched-in-the-peoples-climate-march/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/youth-marching.jpgyouth marchingPhoto By Shadia Fayne Woodhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pcm-photo-5-young-activists-from-ny.jpgPCM - Photo 5 (Young Activists from NY)Photo of young NYC activists by Rosemary Spalding.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kids-playing.jpgKids playingPhoto By: Emma Cassidy2014-09-27T16:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/09/24/a-sacred-act/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_4083-600x401.jpgDSC_4083-600x401Photo by Steve Ahlquist2014-09-24T20:38:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/09/18/to-look-up/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gavia_immer_-wilson_lake_minnesota_usa_-parents_and_chicks-8.jpgGavia_immer_-Wilson_Lake,_Minnesota,_USA_-parents_and_chicks-8By Pete Markham, via Wikimedia Commons2014-09-18T17:57:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/09/12/reconnecting/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kraut.jpgkrautA batch we made together another time.2014-09-13T16:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/09/08/public-art-foundation-turns-1/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/rita-painting-1-cropped.jpgRita painting 1 croppedMy neighbor and friend, Rita Spalding, working on one of her signal boxes last fall. Photo by Charmaine Edwards.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/rita-showing-boy.jpgrita showing boyRita with Nathan, budding painter.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/heidi-painting.jpgHeidi paintingSunflower under the brushhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/table-of-painters.jpgtable of paintersOil painters-in-the-makinghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/laura-with-easel.jpgLaura with easelLaura with a representation of her design for the signal box at the corner of Washington and Ritter.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3938.jpgIMG_3938On the back was printed information about the plant.2014-09-08T20:23:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/09/03/a-rural-rebirth-one-ag-business-at-a-time/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/eggs.jpgeggsNext on Becca's list is a formula for quail feed. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/becca-with-feed.jpgBecca with feedBecca Selkirk with a handful of her locally grown and milled feed.2014-09-03T21:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/08/29/now-were-cooking-with-sunshine/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4074.jpgIMG_4074All it needs now is an arm to prop the reflector--and you can make this out of a wire hanger.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4071.jpgIMG_4071Judy demonstrating how to make a lid for a box cooker.2014-08-29T20:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/08/23/lighting-a-candle/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/candle.jpgcandleBy Luca Casartelli (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons2014-08-23T20:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/08/20/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/peter.jpgPeterPeter showing me grain spawn and mycelium sugar that he propagated at home. Now I want to try it!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/me-and-ceela.jpgme and ceelaOther people's dogs, such as the director's Sheltie, Ceela, helped me deal with the lonesomeness of not having my dog with me.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/labyrinth.jpglabyrinthThe labyrinth on the grounds, a magical placehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/millie.jpgMillieMy new friend Millie, tamping slip straw at the Mudgirls workshop.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/me-and-tree.jpgme and treeIn the rainforest. It wasn't nighttime. It was rainy and dark.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/market-1.jpgmarket 1Checking out goat cheese options (that's our old friend Laurie in the foreground.)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/berry.jpgberryBiggest raspberry evah2014-08-21T14:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/08/15/a-little-help-from-the-fungus-kingdom/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/overview.jpgoverviewSignage showing the overview of the mycoremediationhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/women.jpgwomenJordan, Sarika, and Brittanyhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hood-canal.jpghood canalHood Canal, a basin of Puget Sound, as seen from Potlatch Beach on a moody day.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/drain.jpgdrainEver wonder where the runoff disappears to when it enters a drain like this?https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bags.jpgbagsBags filled with oyster mushroom mycelium.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/garden-sign.jpggarden signThe grounds of this food co-op include a sweet garden meant to attract pollinators.2014-08-15T22:26:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/08/05/building-with-the-mudgirls/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/guest-house.jpgguest houseExample of a finished cob house (actually this one's a hybrid).https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/molly.jpgMollyMolly mixing clay slip with a giant eggbeater-type tool.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cobbing.jpgcobbingBuilding the wallhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wall1.jpgwallWall taking shape on top of the stone foundationhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wall.jpgwallWall taking shapehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/feet.jpgfeetMixing a batch of cob.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/room.jpgroomRoom addition taking form, with window.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/house.jpghousehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/slip-2.jpgslip 2Making "slip straw" to insulate the walls. (Spot the pasty writer?)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/slip.jpgslipMaking "slip straw" to insulate the walls. (Spot the pasty writer?)2016-02-06T19:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/07/25/going-soil-friendly/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/peanut_sprout.jpgPeanut_SproutBy NoNomme (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3303.jpgIMG_3303Filling a container with earth-friendly fertilizer concentrate at Sterling Formulations' Shelbyville, IN plant.2014-08-29T17:47:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/07/20/releasing-the-story/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3665.jpgIMG_3665Perspectivehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-blog-post-2.jpg2014 blog post 2The ground under the trees is strewn with their old skin.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-blog-post.jpg2014 blog postA sycamore on my street in the process of shedding its bark2014-08-05T01:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/07/30/peace-pilgrims-breakfast/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3597.jpgIMG_3597Can you stand one more post about berries? Since we don't have blueberries growing wild in Indiana, I chose this photo of mulberries to accompany the quote.2014-08-01T16:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/08/09/good-to-grow/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/horseback.jpghorsebackLuke and Emily Taylorhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bins.jpgbinshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/rain-barrels.jpgrain barrelsGood to Grow's custom-built water barrel towers enable urban gardeners to save large amounts of rainwater.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bucket.jpgbucketA bucket ready to receive a neighbor's vegetable scraps.2014-07-19T17:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/07/15/possible/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/labyrinth-walk.jpglabyrinth walkWalking the Labyrinth on World Labyrinth Day in May.2014-07-17T17:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/07/10/stories-and-sustenance/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/poetry.jpgpoetryClothesline poetry in the high desert.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/stone-art.jpgstone artA chair made of pebbles, created by a prior resident on the dry lakebed.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/emily.jpgEmilyEmily and a few of her gorgeous topographical representations, based on Oregon's Summer Lake and environs.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/birds.jpgbirdsSusan's exquisite drawing on rice paper. She makes one a day after walking and observing.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/belle.jpgbelleBelle after leading us in chi gong.2014-07-11T13:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/07/06/celebrating-the-promise/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fireworks.jpgfireworksphoto by Ian Kluft, via Wikimedia Commons2014-07-11T20:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/07/02/will-allen-visits-peaceful-grounds/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/me-and-will.jpgme and willHe's very tall.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3603.jpgIMG_3603Basil sprouts at Peaceful Grounds, a regional training center for Will Allen's organization, Growing Power.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/for-blog.jpgfor blogThis aphorism hangs on the wall at Peaceful Grounds.2014-07-02T18:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/06/28/homegrown-superfruit/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3596.jpgIMG_3596Superfruit from the hood. Free of charge. Bring your own bucket.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3657.jpgIMG_3657Turkish Superfruit! Check it!2014-06-29T07:38:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/06/25/peaceful-grounds/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/broccoli.jpgbroccolihttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3598.jpgIMG_3598https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apollo-by-heidi.jpgApollo by HeidiHeidi Unger took this photo of the tumbler, which is named Apollo and was donated by a local farmer who saw Linda on TV.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/9-month.jpg9 monthA few of Peaceful Grounds volunteer-planted crops.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3617.jpgIMG_3617https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gloves2.jpggloves2The cattle barn at the Marion County fairgrounds is home to this volunteer-driven initiative.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/george.jpgGeorgehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/beer-mash.jpgbeer mashThe spent grain is perfect worm food because barley fits easily into worms' tiny mouths.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/worm-poo.jpgworm pooWorm castings make an excellent fertilizer. Now there's a local source!2014-06-25T23:24:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/06/21/on-the-solstice-contemplating-home/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/serviceberries.jpgserviceberriesJerome offered both his strawberry patch and serviceberry grove for picking. Though the strawberries were done, here's the lovely haul of serviceberries my friends and I made that morning.2014-06-23T19:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/06/18/the-biggest-sky/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shadow.jpgshadowWalking on the mud flats.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pond-from-deck.jpgpond from deckMy deck looked out over a pond. Who needs TV when you've got birds, dragonflies, jumping fish, and the occasional muskrat to watch?https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/path1.jpgpathMorning walk in the high desert.2014-06-19T12:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/06/06/evidence-of-the-shift/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/child.jpgchildPhoto by Debbie L., via Flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800px-maldives_00212.jpg800px-Maldives_00212The Maldives, one of the island nations imperiled by rising seas. Photo by Nevit Dilman, via Wikimedia Commons.2014-06-16T19:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/06/10/resilient-communities-and-people-how-yoga-can-help/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sitting.jpgsittingPhoto by Jenny Spadaforahttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3214197147_9752dd52df_o.jpg3214197147_9752dd52df_oPhoto by TZA, via Flickr Commons2014-05-31T16:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/06/13/all-i-cannot-save/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/monarch2.jpgmonarch2Monarch sipping on liatris, by Gene Wilburn, via Flickr Commons.2014-06-16T14:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/06/03/confronting-the-shadow/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rebirth.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERARebirth, by Jason Samfield, via Flickr Commons.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tree-canopy-2.jpgDSC00213Photo by Lida, via Flickr Commons.2014-06-04T05:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/05/30/inner-transition-as-key-to-collective-work/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/swallowtail.jpgswallowtailSwallowtail. Photo by Heidi Unger.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/transition-linithgow.jpgTransition LinithgowTransition Linithgow. Photo by John Lord, via Flickr Commons.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mapping-the-transition.jpgmapping the transitionMapping the Transition. Photo by Chris Hill2014-06-02T19:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/05/27/yoga-leading-with-the-heart/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/heart-flower.jpgheart flowerPhoto by Nicolas L., via flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lunge.jpglungePhoto by Ariane, via flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hands.jpghandsPhoto by Lyn Talley, via flickr Commons2014-05-30T14:33:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/05/21/building-soil-growing-food-nurturing-relationships/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/peas.jpgpeashttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/10338866_657624044320086_6985833470640731452_n.jpg10338866_657624044320086_6985833470640731452_nSharing worms with youthful visitors2014-05-22T01:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/05/16/i-heart-my-garden-tower/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/back-view.jpgback viewYes I do love my greens-- of all kinds!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/front-view.jpgfront viewStill room for a cucumber or zucchini seeding on the bottom row. (Yes I do love my greens!)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/top.jpgtophttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/radishes.jpgradishesAnd the radishes are still coming!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3231.jpgIMG_3231Beautiful lettuce (before I thinned).https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/chard.jpgchardSweet little chard seedling in one of the pockets.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/beet-radish-sprouts.jpgbeet radish sproutsI sowed radish and beet seeds in the top of the Tower over a month ago, and it was so exciting when they sprouted.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/beets-and-radishes.jpgbeets and radishes2014-05-21T23:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/05/12/one-day-you-knew/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/journey.jpgJourneyLong Journey Home, by Phil Richards, via Flickr Commons2014-05-13T00:36:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/05/06/farming-females/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/anna-with-dirt.jpgAnna with dirtAnna Welch of Fields of Agape in a field being prepared for hull-less oats.2014-05-21T23:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/05/04/celebrating-international-permaculture-day/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lg_tree-of-life_ed-2014.jpgLG_Tree of Life_ED-2014A child at Learning Gate Community School prepares soil despite the cast on her leg. Thomas captions this photo “Our Hope For Mending a Broken Future.”https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bloomfoodsterracottacoloredsliderfade.jpgBloomfoodsTerraCottaColoredSliderFadeThe Garden Tower is a water-saving, worm-friendly, uber-productive vertical gardening aid.2014-05-04T16:11:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/04/30/no-more-long-hard-slog/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/garlic-mustard.jpggarlic mustardClowning with invasive garlic mustard. My job at the cleanup was to pull it.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/redbud.jpgredbudRedbud blossom photo by Heidi Unger.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cleanup.jpgcleanupSaturday my neighbors and I participated in the Great Indy Cleanup. Photo by Heidi Unger.2014-04-30T19:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/04/27/tearing-up-an-ancestral-contract/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sarcophagus.jpgsarcophagusRaised beds Judy and Dad made from reclaimed materials.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/amish-kids.jpgAmish kidsBy Gadjoboy, via Wikimedia Commons2014-04-29T12:28:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/04/23/unfurling/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tulip-tree-leaves.jpgtulip tree leavesNew tulip tree leaves, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sunchokes.jpgsunchokesJerusalem artichokes, aka sunchokes, from our garden2014-04-23T22:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/04/19/new-project-in-irvington/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cool-light-fixtue.jpgcool light fixtuehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pollinator2.jpgPollinator2Photo by Heidi Ungerhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ritas-work.jpgRitas workSome of Rita Spalding's work displayed on reclaimed wood wallhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/handmade-soaps.jpghandmade soapsSculptor Cheryl Lorance makes bathsalts, body butters, and soaps (local Traders Point Creamery milk is a key ingredient!) Displayed here on upcycled pallets.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/david-with-fountain.jpgDavid with fountainDavid Jackson, founder of 5547 Project, with coral fountain and cool wall arthttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/railroad-tie-table.jpgrailroad tie tableTable made from railroad ties, with groovy antiqueshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/view-from-outside.jpgView from outside5547 Project2014-04-24T01:32:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/04/15/stop-collaborating/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/post-fossil-fuel-ballerina.jpgpost fossil fuel ballerinaPhoto by Mark Notarim, via Flickr Commons2014-04-15T21:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/04/08/a-remedy-for-nature-deficit-disorder/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/css_raingarden_sharpe.jpgCSS_raingarden_SharpeCold Spring students dig in, planting 400 plugs of forbs and sedgeshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kids_winterhaven_winter.jpgThe group and the busSchool outing at Winterhaven Wildflowers and Monarch Preserve https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/garlicmustardpull_ingraham1.jpggarlicmustardpull_Ingrahamhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/garlicmustardpull_ingraham.jpggarlicmustardpull_Ingrahamhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/harshman_kids_ford.jpgHarshman_kids_Ford2014-04-09T21:42:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/04/04/like-to-eat-thank-a-bee/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/beekeeper.jpgbeekeeperKate and a few of the creatures on whom our lives dependhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kate-and-comb.jpgKate and combKate Franzman, beekeeper and urban farmerhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/395346_497767333630491_83409304_n.jpg395346_497767333630491_83409304_nSwarm on a fence post in summer 2013. Kate scooped them by (gloved) hand into a box before transporting them to their new home at South Circle Farm.2014-04-04T19:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/04/02/pay-it-local/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/jim.jpgJimJim Baughman showed me around his farm on a February day. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3158.jpgIMG_3158From the front page of Farm Indianahttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/high-tunnel-beds.jpghigh tunnel bedsFreedom Valley Farm's high tunnel beds.2014-04-03T19:40:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/03/28/the-face-of-resilience/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/equipment-2.jpgequipment 2Equipment used to plant Fields of Agape grain and beans.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/anna-and-kitties.jpgAnna and kittiesAnna Welch with friends at the entrance of the Carthage Mill. The historic Tweedy Lumber Mill is now the site of a sustainable ag business incubator.2014-03-28T17:33:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/03/25/a-beautiful-thing/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/skyscrapers.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by manyhighways.com, via Flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/candle-hope.jpgcandle hopePhoto by ZeHawk, via Flickr Commons2014-03-27T13:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/03/21/to-belong/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/winter-aconites.jpgwinter aconitesWinter aconites blooming in March 20132014-03-21T15:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/03/18/relocalizing-the-food-system/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/moore1.jpgMoore1Checking out a display of LocalFolks Foods at Moore Corner Store while on assignmenthttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/moore21.jpgMoore2https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/moore2.jpgMoore22014-03-19T15:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/03/14/small-respite/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/letter.jpgletterPhoto by Cas, via Flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shed.jpgshedMy writing shed at Mesa Refuge2014-03-17T21:43:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/03/11/of-facebook-and-firehoses/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sandhill-cranes.jpgsandhill cranesPhoto of sandhill cranes in flight by Jessica Lamirand, via Flickr Commons https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/connection.jpgconnectionPhoto by Matthew Montgomery, via Flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/smartphone.jpgsmartphoneBy John Karakatsanis, via Wikimedia Commons2014-12-04T16:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/03/07/the-other-face-of-facebook/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/addiction.jpgaddictionPhoto by Michael Schlinge, via Flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/angel.jpgAngelKitty2014-03-12T16:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/03/03/localizing-the-winery/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photodune-1133279-wine-s.jpgphotodune-1133279-wine-shttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_20140301_135602.jpgIMG_20140301_135602https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_20140301_135319.jpgIMG_20140301_1353192014-03-03T17:08:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/02/26/a-lifesized-lego-set-for-farmers-and-makers/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/762px-gvcs.jpg762px-GVCSThe 50 machines, from tractor to 3D printer to wind turbine.2014-03-01T17:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/02/21/inhaling-the-universe/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/andromeda.jpgAndromedaAndromeda Galaxy, by Cestomano, via flickr Commons2014-02-23T06:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/02/18/nonviolent-communication/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mosque-church.jpgMosque ChurchMosque and church, by Jonathan Gill, via Flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/communication.jpgCommunicationCommunication Art Prize, by Fellowship of the Rich, via Flickr Commons2014-02-19T04:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/02/10/portal-to-the-wider-world/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/geologist.jpggeologistGeologist-in-the-makinghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_20140130_110749.jpgSodium ContentDiscussing the sodium content of common foods.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_20140130_110919.jpgIMG_20140130_110919https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/blue.jpgbluehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/flavor.jpgflavorAdding flavoring with help from a volunteer.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/snow-kids-resized.jpgJen Davies leads a group of small learners on a winter outing to catch snowflakes and look at their shapes.2018-07-17T22:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/02/06/viva-optimism/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/solar-cooker-sun2.jpgsolar cooker sun2Art made by my spouse Judy for our first solar cooker2014-02-09T19:04:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/02/01/1557/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kid-faces.jpgKid facesYou can't see Dad but you can see how the kids looked at him. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dad-poncho.jpgDad ponchoHaving fun on a wet day at Cold Spring School.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dad-tending.jpgDad tendingDad doing what came naturally.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aloe_sm-larger.jpgAloe_sm largerDad showing grade schoolers the wonders of aloe in the greenhouse.2017-02-03T15:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/01/29/a-whole-world-alive/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/800px-spiders_web.jpg800px-Spider's_webPhoto by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos, via Wikimedia Commons.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hyphae.jpgHyphaeHyphae (branches of the mycelium) as seen under an overturned log. Photo by TheAlphaWolf (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons2014-01-31T22:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/01/25/all-of-us/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/intertwined.jpgIntertwined2014-01-25T22:53:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/01/22/we-must-care-about-our-public-spaces/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/smiley-sun.jpgSmiley SunAnother of the Combs' boxes. Photo by Vishant Shah.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/car-culture.jpgCar CultureOne of the Combs' traffic signal boxes. Photo by Vishant Shah.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/you_are_beautiful_10th_rural.jpegyou_are_beautiful_10th_ruralPhoto courtesy of Department of Public Wordshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/yab_murphy.jpegyab_murphyPhoto courtesy of Department of Public Words.2014-01-22T17:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/01/17/public-art-unites-the-community/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/car-culture-3.jpgCar Culture 3Signal box in Arctic Vortex aftermathhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/farm-heritage.jpgFarm HeritageTribute to farm heritagehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/car-culture-2.jpgCar Culture 2Homage to car culturehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rita-painting-3.jpgRita painting 3Oil painter Rita Spalding at work on one of her signal boxes.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/artist-painting.jpgartist paintingTouching uphttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cheerleaders.jpgCheerleadersColts cheerleaders helped us get the job done.2014-01-22T17:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/01/14/when-crisis-threatens/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/planting.jpgplantingPhoto by julochka, via flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/goat-milking.jpggoat milkingGoat milking, by V Becker, via flickr Commons2014-01-14T21:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/01/11/restoring-the-land/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_20131120_092122.jpgIMG_20131120_092122Breeder pigs enjoying their morning mineral rations.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_20140110_101420.jpgIMG_20140110_1014202014-05-06T12:54:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/01/07/communal/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/morning.jpgmorningDangerous and beautifulhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_20140106_094750.jpgIMG_20140106_094750https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gum-tree.jpggum treeDaybreak in the Arctic Vortex2014-01-11T20:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2014/01/02/to-live-passionately/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/batkid.jpgBatkidPhoto by Bhautik Joshi, via flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fukushimaishere-sticker_1.jpgFukushimaIsHere-Sticker_12014-01-02T23:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/12/29/reflection/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/candle.jpgcandle2014-01-02T19:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/12/24/the-season/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/christmas.jpgChristmasPhoto by Christina Rutz, via Flickr Commons2013-12-24T22:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/12/18/we-are-the-same/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/512px-holding_hands_shadow_on_sand.jpgHolding HandsBy Mike DelGaudio, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/beach_3_bg_121402-1.jpgWaveBy Kahuroa at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons2014-01-17T20:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/12/15/let-us-discover-our-wealth/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/5329264630_30ff631468_z.jpg5329264630_30ff631468_zPhoto by robleto, via flickr Commons2013-12-16T00:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/12/12/we-cant-afford-coal/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/asthma_girl.jpgAsthma_girlPhoto by Karl Anderson, via flickr Commons.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/knoxville-news-pic.jpgKnoxville News Pic2013-12-12T21:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/12/04/eve-ensler-on-reconnecting-re-conjuring-and-re-conceiving/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/lec_1683.jpgLEC_1683Merry Henn-Lecordier is a trailblazer in the field of energy medicine.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/congolese_woman.jpgCongolese_womanhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/eve-ensler.jpgEve EnslerJustin Hoch, via Wikimedia Commons2013-12-08T22:29:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/12/08/in-memorium/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wave.jpgwaveShore of Robben Islandhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cape-town.jpgCape TownLooking back across the bay toward Cape Town.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cell-2.jpgcellNelson Mandela's cell. When he stretched out on the floor he could touch both walls.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/razor-wire.jpgrazor wireRobben Island, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo taken by Judy Hostetler during a People to People International trip to South Africa.2013-12-08T22:20:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/11/29/a-field-to-fork-market/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ingredients-2.jpgINgredients 2Pie pumpkins and gourds from local farmers at INgredients.2013-11-29T23:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/11/26/crowd-funding-the-new-frontier-radical-mycology/2013-11-26T22:17:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/11/24/to-be-fueled-by-love/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skillshare.jpgSkillShareExplaining vermiculture at the Irvington SkillShare. Photo by Jeff Echols.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dismal_river_nebraska_sandhills.jpgDismal_River,_Nebraska_SandhillsDismal River, Nebraska Sandhills. Photo by USFWS Mountain Prairie, via Wikimedia Commons2013-11-25T16:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/11/20/jerry-needleman-seeking-the-questions/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/jerry-3.jpgJacob (Jerry) NeedlemanJacob (Jerry) Needlemanhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/earth-erde.jpgEarth-ErdePhoto by Heikenwaelder Hugo, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/jerry.jpgJerryJacob (Jerry) Needleman2013-11-21T00:28:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/11/09/sierra-murdoch-writing-the-gritty-truth/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/coal-miner-wife.jpgcoal miner wifePhoto by D.D. Meighen, via flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mountaintop-removal.jpgmountaintop removalMountaintop Removal, Wise County, VA, via flickr Common. Photo by David Hoffmanhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sierra1.jpgSierraSierra Murdoch. Photo taken at writing residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, 2012. 2013-11-19T21:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/11/15/gail-needleman-we-are-not-monads/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/musical-notes.jpgMusical notesPhoto by Brandon Geisbrecht, via flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/jerry-and-gail.jpgJerry and GailJerry and Gail Needleman on our last evening as Mesa Refuge residentshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/headphones1.jpgHeadphonesPhoto by Thomas Neilsen, via flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/headphones.jpgHeadphonesPhoto by Thomas Nielsen, via flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2909.jpgIMG_2909Gail and Jerry Needleman on the last night of our residency together2013-11-19T21:52:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/11/12/three-luminaries-hopkins-hemenway-heinberg/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2662-e1384303836311.jpgPermaculture instructor Toby Hemenway, with Buddha, in his garden.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rob-hopkins.jpgRob HopkinsRob Hopkins. Photo by Tulane Publications, via Flickr Commons.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/richard-heinberg.jpgRichard HeinbergRichard Heinberg in his garden, photographed by Nicolas Boullosa, via Flickr Commons2013-11-18T13:42:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/11/07/julia-butterfly-hill-what-our-hearts-know/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/redwood.jpgRedwoodMethuselah, an 1800-year-old redwood in Woodside, CAhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/julia-butterfly-hill.jpgJulia Butterfly HillJulia Butterfly Hill in 2005, via flickr Creative Commons, by Scott Schumacher2013-11-08T13:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/11/04/respite/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lagoon.jpgLagoonAbbott's Lagoonhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/beach.jpgbeachBeyond Abbott's Lagoon: The Pacific.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/view-from-shed.jpgview from shedMy writing shed overlooked a Tomales Bay tidal estuary, where San Andreas fault lies.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/market.jpgmarketPoint Reyes Station Farmers Markethttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/path.jpgpathPath to Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore2013-11-05T14:12:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/14/postcard-from-hopland-ca/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2687.jpgIMG_26872013-10-15T16:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/10/our-mailman-louis/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/louis.jpglouisOur mailman Louis, the superhero2013-10-10T22:24:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/22/stealing-the-future/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/smokestack.jpgsmokestackPhoto credit: Kim Seng, via flickr Commons2013-11-03T16:59:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/08/14/book-offers-a-vision-of-the-possible/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/prickly_pear_cactus_in_texas.jpgPrickly_pear_cactus_in_TexasPrickly pear, an example of the desert bounty gathered by Tremayne. Photo by Jon Sullivan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons2013-10-07T15:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/08/29/a-beautiful-indebtedness/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hens.jpghensLaura's contented flockhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dill-caterpillars.jpgdill caterpillarsBlack swallowtail caterpillars happily chewing up my dill earlier this summer2013-10-07T15:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/08/24/to-a-young-cicada/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/top-view.jpgtop viewhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/for-blog.jpgfor bloghttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cicada-shell.jpgcicada shellhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cicada.jpgcicada2013-10-07T15:38:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/08/21/calling-all-lifelong-learners/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/backpacking-101.jpgBackpacking 101Instructors of Backpacking 101https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cordage.jpgcordageI took this class last fall: Primitive Natural Cordage with Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/art-of-indian-cuisine.jpgArt of Indian CuisineArt of Indian Cuisine at Indy's Kitchen2013-10-07T15:38:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/17/protection/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/turtle-protection.jpgTurtle Protection A turtle among the Roman ruins at Pergamon, Turkey. Photo by Nick Leonard, via flickr Commons2013-10-07T15:37:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/07/vacant-lot-becomes-community-space/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bricks-aaron-logo-009.jpgbricks, aaron, logo 009John Ridder of Paxworks: the Labyrinth Shop created the triune focus design of the Rivoli Park Labyrinth. Logo by Susan Williams Boyles.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/moving-tree.jpgmoving treeAaron, James and the neighborhood cat moving a young tree to a new place to make room for the labyrinth.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sarah.jpgSarahSarah donating paint for the community art wall https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hugekulture.jpghugekulturePermaculture designer Katherine supervises unloading of logs for hugelkultur.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/invasive-tree.jpginvasive treeGordon removing an invasive tree.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rivoli-park-labyrinth-logo.jpgRivoli Park Labyrinth logohttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/empty-lot-july-22-002.jpgempty lot July 22 002Empty lot awaiting transformation2013-11-19T21:39:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/03/garden-tower-update-mistakes-were-made/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2510.jpgIMG_2510Leggy amaranth and kohlrabihttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2585.jpgIMG_2585Overcrowded chardhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2590.jpgIMG_2590Not sure what kind of maters these are; the plant was a sucker from a friend's tomato patch, and she didn't label it.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2505.jpgIMG_2505Our Garden Tower in mid-September2013-10-04T16:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/09/30/difficulty/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/obstacles.jpgObstaclesby Anna Goben, via Flickr Commons2013-09-30T20:38:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/09/26/my-day-at-school/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/keegan-splitting-wood.jpgKeegan splitting woodSplitting woodhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cora-whittling.jpgCora whittlingWhittling skillshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/me-on-draw-knife.jpgme on draw knifeUsing the draw knifehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/me-with-cedar-branch.jpgme with cedar branchProud of my handiworkhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p-and-d-sawing.jpgSawingPrepping the cedar limbs for use as fence posts and building materialhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fort-cicada.jpgFort CicadaClimbing ropes and the nubs of branches left as hand- and footholds make Fort Cicada climbable. 2013-10-04T18:36:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/09/23/drawing-the-line/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/constance.jpgConstancePhoto by KI EcoCenterhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/line.jpgDrawing the linePhoto by KI EcoCenterhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/rasul.jpgRasulPhoto by KI EcoCenterhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/lilly.jpgYoung demonstratorsPhoto by KI EcoCenter2013-09-24T17:35:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/09/19/working-with-nature-to-sustain-life/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/amanite_panthc3a8re.jpgAmanite_panthèreBy Alaricmalabry (Own work), via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tree-of-life.jpgTree of LifeThe Tree of Life has survived for hundreds of years in Bahrain. No one has been able to explain why the tree flourishes in the desert with little water especially since there is little other life in the area. Photo by Jpfrench, via Wikimedia Commons.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/coffee-plant.jpgcoffee plantCoffee Plant, by Jo N, via flickr Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cso.jpgCSOCombined sewer overflow effects, by Christopher Zurcher, via flickr Commons2013-09-20T20:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/09/16/indestructible/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/boy-in-nature.jpgboy in natureBoy scout photographing nature at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: USFWS, via flickr Commons2013-09-17T23:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/09/12/my-dad-who-made-the-world-better-take-2/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/scannedimage-3.jpgScannedImage-3https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/scannedimage-2.jpgScannedImage-2https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/scannedimage1.jpgScannedImagehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/scannedimage.jpgScannedImage2013-11-25T16:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/09/09/a-week-in-the-life-irvington-style/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/kitley-notebook1.jpgKitley notebookKitley finds writing more taxing than stalking sparrows. Sometimes I agree.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/kitley-notebook.jpgKitley notebookKitley thinks writing is exhausting. Sometimes I agree.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_2497.jpgIMG_2497This is the third mention of ice cream in this post. Confession: I actually can't eat ice cream! Wish I could!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/delta-duo-2.jpgDelta Duo JJ plays a resonator slide guitar in the style used by Delta bluesmen of the 1930s. Irina's violin accompaniment is haunting.2013-09-12T13:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/09/05/from-dismemberment-to-oneness/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/keystone.jpgTrans Canada Keystone Oil Pipeline, by shannonpatrick17, via Flickr Creative Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/trees.jpgTrees"Holding Hands," by Paige Shoemaker, via Flickr Creative Commons2013-09-09T22:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/09/02/1064/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/howard-zinn.jpgHoward ZinnHoward Zinn, by Jim from Stevens Point, WI, USA, via Wikimedia Commons2013-09-09T22:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/08/17/my-garden-tower-one-month-later/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pic-9.jpgpic 9Check out the cucumbers, lower right. (And yes that is a cat under there.)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pic-8.jpgpic 8About 2 weeks after planting. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pic-7.jpgpic 7Really excited about the amaranth!https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pic-6.jpgpic 6Cucumbers were first to sprout. I don't know if I'll get any cukes having planted them late in the season, but it's fun trying.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pic-5.jpgpic 5I bought a couple of bell pepper plants that looked like they might survive, and this gorgeous Genovese basil. I also planted parsley starts around the back and a tomato sucker that a gardener friend rooted. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pic-4.jpgpic 4Planting Little Marvel peas on the more shaded side.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pic-3.jpgpic 3Just a handful of worms is enough: they reproduce rapidly. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pic-2.jpgpic 2Adding vegetable matter to the center tubehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pic-1.jpgpic 1Filling the Barrel2014-03-18T13:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/08/11/elders-building-a-healthier-future/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2362.jpgHarvesting carrotsHarvesting carrots from WeAct's group vegetable bedhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2356.jpgComfrey RootHarriet noted that this piece of comfrey root wore a smile.2013-08-11T22:57:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/08/08/finding-refuge/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tomales_bay_january_2013.jpgTomales_Bay,_January_2013By Frank Schulenburg, via Wikimedia Commons2013-08-09T17:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/08/04/sharing-summers-abundance-and-summers-work/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cabbage-cutting.jpgKraut PartyKraut Party Actionhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/clowning-at-kraut-party.jpgclowning at kraut partyClowning with Cabbagehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2383.jpgVeggie swap 2Collards and basil straight from the garden.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2385.jpgVeggie Swap 1Summer's abundance shared at the veggie swap.2013-08-08T11:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/07/31/from-the-low-food-chain-chronicles/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kitley.jpgKitley"I'd be happy to finish those sardines off for you." --Kitleyhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sardines.jpgSardinesYesterday's lunch.2013-08-08T16:59:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/07/28/advice-for-writing-and-living/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fountain-pen.jpgfountain penBy Kartikay Sahay via Flickr Creative Commons2013-08-05T14:32:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/07/24/releasing-and-emerging/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kitley-in-house.jpgKitley in houseNote the cats playing poker in the "picture window." https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/for-blog.jpgsycamoreSycamore in process of shedding2013-07-29T00:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/07/21/lessons-from-sugar-man/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/seedlings.jpgSeedlingsPhoto by Lisuebie, via Flickr Creative Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/searching-for-sugar-man.jpgSearching for Sugar ManPhoto by David Ingram2013-07-25T17:36:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/07/17/building-resilience-one-vertical-garden-at-a-time/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/worm-compost.jpgworm compostFinished compost, with happy wormshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/finished.jpgTime to HarvestTime to harvest from the Garden Towerhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/towertop.jpgTop ViewTop view of the Garden Tower. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/day-1.jpgDay 1Garden Tower on Planting Day2013-07-29T00:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/07/13/why-forage/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dimpled_trout_lily_4504255457.jpgDimpled_Trout_Lily_(4504255457)By Jason Hollinger (Dimpled Trout Lily Uploaded by Amada44), via Wikimedia Commons2013-07-15T15:22:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/07/10/midwests-first-community-supported-fishery/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/800px-group_of_fishing_boats_in_bay-_-_nara_-_297871.jpgGroup of fishing boats in bayFishing Boats in Metlakatla, Alaska, ca. 1856 - 1936. National Archives and Records Administration.2013-07-11T02:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/07/07/postcard-from-foodcon/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/basswood-resized-blog.jpgbasswood Trees are a source of unexpected nutrition too: Even seasoned foragers were surprised to learn that basswood tree leaves are great in salads.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/berries.jpgberriesA friend and I had biked around the neighborhood questing for these berries.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130705_185725.jpgat foraging tableSwapping foraging stories with a foodcon attendeehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130705_194331.jpgdemo saladMy demonstration salad got wilty and tablecloth all wet after an early gust of wind blew a few cups over. But it didn’t matter. 2013-07-10T13:32:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/06/29/forage-ahead/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130629_142849.jpgIMG_20130629_142849Knotweed, AKA smartweedhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130629_132435.jpgIMG_20130629_132435Amaranth, drought-tolerant and tastyhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130629_131129.jpgIMG_20130629_131129Greg teaches us about plantain and its many uses2013-07-07T23:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/07/02/coal-its-so-yesterday/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/coal_power_plant_datteln_3.jpgCoal_power_plant_Datteln_3By Arnold Paul, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/solar_photovoltaic.jpgSolar_photovoltaicBy Mhassan abdollahi, via Wikimedia Commons2013-07-02T21:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/06/25/on-being-rooted/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/downloaded-aug-10-2010-155.jpgPeacheshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/chives.jpgChives2013-06-27T19:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/06/20/time-to-touch-the-earth/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fox.jpgFox© Nousha | <a href="http://www.dreamstime.com/">Dreamstime Stock Photos</a> & <a href="http://www.stockfreeimages.com/">Stock Free Images</a>2013-06-20T19:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/06/17/my-dad-who-made-the-world-better/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dad-at-sink.jpgDad at sinkMy dad at the kitchen sink. You can't tell but he's wearing his favorite "Life is Good" Shirt, the one with the dog wearing the backpack.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130616_161417.jpgIMG_20130616_161417https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img-20130616-00248.jpgIMG-20130616-00248We honored Dad with this brick on his retirement. 2013-06-19T21:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/06/15/where-we-rarely-dwell/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/boats.jpgboatsStillnesshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/maggie.jpgMaggieMy cat Maggie enjoyed the couch time immensely.2013-06-18T00:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/06/11/their-courage-becomes-our-courage/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/keith-smaller.jpgKeith JohnsonKeith Johnson, sharing the beauty and abundance of Renaissance Farm2013-06-16T16:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/06/06/building-a-better-block/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pennsy-cleanup.jpgPennsy CleanupNeighborhood cleanup on the Pennsy. Photo by Heidi Unger.2013-06-06T23:54:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/06/04/critical-mass/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1024px-african_buffalo.jpg1024px-African_BuffaloBy Stefan Ehrbar (Own work), via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/flock_of_wading_birds_at_hilpsford_-_geograph-org-uk_-_148774.jpgFlock_of_Wading_Birds_at_Hilpsford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_148774Chris Upson, via Wikimedia Commons2013-06-13T22:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/31/real-simple/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/blueberries_on_branch.jpgBlueberries_on_branchBy Jim Clark, via Wikimedia Commons2013-06-03T15:34:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/28/a-precious-gift/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/andromeda_spiral_galaxy.jpgAndromeda_spiral_galaxyBy ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/J [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons2013-05-30T15:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/25/the-mighty-will-fall/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bakterien27413a.jpgBakterien27413aBy Mkaercher, via Wikimedia Commons2013-05-25T09:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/22/to-spend-my-days-serving/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sycamore.jpgsycamoreSycamores in November2013-07-15T18:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/20/to-shed-our-fear/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wangari_maathai.jpgWangari_MaathaiBy Demosh via Wikimedia Commons2013-05-20T16:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/17/can-we-change-course-in-time/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/protesting.jpgProtestingOlympia, Washington. Keystone XL Pipeline protest. By Brylie Oxley via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/keystone_xl_-_ogallala_aquifer1.pngKeystone_XL_-_Ogallala_AquiferA map showing aquifer thickness of the Ogallala Aquifer with the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline route laid over. Via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/keystone_xl_-_ogallala_aquifer.pngKeystone_XL_-_Ogallala_AquiferA map showing aquifer thickness of the Ogallala Aquifer with the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline route laid over. Via Wikimedia Commons2013-05-17T16:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/15/learning-to-learn/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kids-foraging1.jpgkids foragingPicking violets for our lunch saladhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/reading.jpgreadingReading and quizzing each other from a book called Moving Heavy Thingshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sawing.jpgsawingSawing PVC pipe to roll the plywood with the block on top (note that is just a practice stone, not the super-heavy one they were charged with moving)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/working-together.jpgworking togetherUsing a cant hook to move the sandstone block2013-05-16T15:06:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/13/solar-cooking-season-at-last/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/roastingseeds2.jpgRoasting SeedsAlso from that first year. But I did toast pumpkin seeds today on top of the soup.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/solar-cooker-1.jpgSolar CookerThis is not a photo of today's solar cookery, but it'll do. 2013-05-14T00:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/10/ki-ecocenter-transforming-education/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rain-barrels-mine.jpgRainbarrelsBarrel at left is via KI's Express Yourself Rainbarrels enterprise, with my chosen artworkhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mat-asli1.jpgMat AsliA faculty member and student at KI EcoCenter Community Schoolhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mat-asli.jpgMat Aslihttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/khepri-svg.pngKhepri.svgBy Jeff Dahl (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons2013-05-10T14:22:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/07/for-the-sake-of-the-future/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/old-school-stuff.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1024px-report_card.jpg1024px-Report_CardBy Aburk018 at en.wikibooks [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons2013-05-08T00:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/05/time-to-shout-stop-march-against-monsanto/2013-05-06T16:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/05/02/living-below-the-line/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rice-bowl.jpgrice bowlRice in a lunch of plantation worker2013-05-03T19:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/30/wake-up-the-earth/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wute2012-2.jpegPageantry and puppetry abound at the Wake Up the Earth FestivalPageantry and puppetry abound at the Wake Up the Earth Festivalhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wute2012-5.jpegRevelers in the Wake Up the Earth ParadeRevelers in the Wake Up the Earth Paradehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wute2012-1.jpegWake Up The EarthSpontaneous Celebrations organizes the Wake Up the Earth Festival and Parade every year, but the community makes it happen.2013-05-01T13:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/27/birthing-a-new-story/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/crocus-under-snow1.jpgcrocus under snowCrocus blooms under snowhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/crocus-under-snow.jpgcrocus under snowCrocus blooms under snowhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rusting_sherman_hull_7528095032.jpgRusting_Sherman_Hull_(7528095032)By Simon Q from United Kingdom (Rusting Sherman Hull Uploaded by High Contrast) via Wikimedia Commons2013-04-27T19:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/24/meet-the-mudgirls/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_2688.jpgMudgirls at WorkMudgirls at work (photo by Mudgirls)https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/228392_5471352414_7945_n.jpgInterior of Mudgirl-built homeInterior of a Mudgirl-built home. https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/house-and-tree.jpgCob Home Still StandingA four-ton tree fell on this Mudgirl-built cob home, stopping at the cob wallhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/imgp2059.jpgCob Oven Made by MudgirlsCob Oven Made by Mudgirlshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/011.jpgRound Cob House Built by MudgirlsRound Cob House Built by the Mudgirlshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_2765.jpgMeet the MudgirlsThe Mudgirls are a collective of women builders on the west coast of BC, Canada2019-05-19T00:43:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/22/on-earth-day-and-every-day/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cheselden_t36_prayer.jpgCheselden_t36_prayer2013-04-23T21:05:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/21/pass-the-book-please/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/world-book-night2.jpgWorld Book Night Special edition books for World Book Night, designated to be given freehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lfl4.jpgMe and my findMe and my findhttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lfl5.jpgExchanging Books at the Little Free LibraryPutting my book into the mix.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lfl3.jpgLittle Free LibraryLittle Free Library in my neighborhood2013-05-12T23:41:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/19/to-make-music/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/leonard_bernstein_1971.jpgLeonard Bernstein, 1971Leonard Bernstein, 19712013-06-11T00:35:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/16/in-troubled-times/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/juneberry-bloom1.jpgJuneberry budOne of the buds that will open into a white blossom, eventually fruiting into delicious berries2013-05-23T17:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/12/things-that-cant-be-rushed/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/compost-bin-4-2013.jpgCompost bin 4-2013Anna and her compost bin, which she created “free-hand” with odd broom sticks, twigs, mop handles, rusty pipes, and other finds.https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/real_compost.jpgCompostPhotographer: Kessner Photography2014-07-17T17:39:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/10/ki-ecocenter-leading-in-the-green-economy/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ki-express-yourself-rain-barrels.jpgki express yourself rain barrelsMat, Rasul, Asli, William, and Imhotep show off an Express Yourself Rainbarrel2013-04-11T13:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/04/an-appeal-denied/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/maypop.jpgmaypopA maypop planted along our fence, one of many plantings inspired by permaculturehttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/peter-and-rhonda.jpgPeter Bane and Rhonda BairdPeter Bane with co-teacher Rhonda Baird laying out a garden path during 2007 permaculture class2013-04-12T15:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/07/the-shadow-side/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/skeletal-hand-keyboard.jpgThe bony hand of a skeleton types on a computer keyboard© Phil Date | Dreamstime Stock Photos2013-04-12T16:03:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/04/01/ive-got-a-tin-of-sardines/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sardines_in_a_can.jpgSardines_in_a_canBy jules (Flickr: sardines in a can) via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sardines_big.jpgSardinesBy TANAKA Juuyoh Uploaded by Jacopo Werther) via Wikimedia Commonshttps://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sardines_1775405862.jpgSardinesBy TANAKA Juuyoh Uploaded by Jacopo Werther) via Wikimedia Commons2013-05-08T04:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/03/29/inspiration-from-across-the-pond/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/water-wheel.jpgWater Wheel© Scott Patterson | Dreamstime Stock Photos2013-03-30T18:23:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shawndramiller.com/2013/03/21/a-whole-new-earth/https://shawndramiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/monarch1.jpgRoyal on Blue© Cinc212 | Dreamstime Stock 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