Judith Gardener
@earther
Insatiably curious rabbit hole explorer, over-thinker, post-partisan, seeker, gardener. Learning is her idea of fun. Pro Earth, mountains, trees, wolves, birds, all creatures. Anti predatory, greedy, willfully ignorant humans. Olympic Peninsula, USA.
Nothing changes if nothing changes. Wendell Berry said this in 1968 about the Vietnam War and all wars. Yet here were are, still.
For all who need it today. Just the thoughts help. It's even better yet if you can go for a walk along water or on a woodland trail somewhere.
KINSHIP, A Collaboration With Nature July 17th-September 13th, 2026 Entry: Free/By Donation At the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd, Port Angeles info@pafac.org
To me, there are NO "game species" and not only humans have rights. So does all wildlife. Will we ever get beyond this primitive, machismo, and profit-motive thinking and policies?
What Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, told NPR about how much the Iran war has cost US residents: "...The cost for the typical American household, is about $1,100." Plus this, with more Trump still adding more vanity projects. Congress is equally to blame.
This mentions that Panantir is a subcontractor. Given the value of All of Us, cancelling because of their role isn't worth the tradeoff to me. Plus this sounds highly unlikely and makes me question the report:
Wondering why France hasn't demanded that the USA to return the Statue of Liberty that they gave us.
I feel sorry for what it's going to feel like for them when all of these Noahs, Liams, Charlottes, Amelias, and Olivias start first grade.
All of this is insightful and incisive, worth reading. [gift link] As the United States is stepping away from its historic role leading global institutions, China is stepping in. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/o...
If you tell people "nature is my church" or you already recognize the concept of "ecospirtuality," regardless of whether you call it that, this is for you: www.wildchurchnetwork.com
Rachel Carson said just let young children see and feel, don't teach nor explain. "If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder... he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in."
We have serious water concerns this year where I live, so some of us have stopped mowing our yards or mow infrequently or just a perimeter path. But that's only the 1st step. This guy shows and tells us how to make yards beautiful + better for birds, bees & Earth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmaP...
IMPORTANT #US The OMB federal funding takeover plan: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance tinyurl.com/53tw58sk Please submit comments on that page by July 12. 3 excerpts from 7 sources explain what happens if we let this happen. Thanks to @ehekkala.bsky.social for the alert.
3 reasons to quit even clicking on headlines about "news" (and it's no longer even news, because it happens pretty much every week, at least):
Excerpt from an Ada Limón poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56379/...