What’s going on out on the land?
A Field Guide Is A Phone Book
A field guide won’t bring profound connection to the land base, but can facilitate an introduction.
Learning Tracking Lore
I have many things close to my heart, and I am lucky that through the “to know the land” project I get to explore most of them. Three magical threads which braid together very well are myth, tracking, and learning. I am always trying to write blog posts for myself as a way to practice doing the research of what I am seeing out on the trail. I get a sort of fixation going when I am writing, story telling, about what I saw while tracking and I need to learn more about it. Blogging is the impetus and excuse to be so focused on studying.
Striving For Kithship
What is implied by Kithship? What do I mean by kith when I sing out the word with the kids in my classes? How does it relate to building intimacy and knowledge of the land?
It's hard as a settler to describe relationships with land, especially when striving for relationships that are better than the conventional ones of my ancestors. How do we create better relationships and how do we name those relationships in honest ways that acknowledge them while not claiming something that isn’t? More questions, but some small moves towards understand.