I love to spend the Winter Solstice curled up by the woodstove with a hot mug of mulled cider or wine, listening to stories, poems and folktales by candlelight. Of all the stories I have heard on the longest night of the year, the Pacific Northwest coastal creation myth of Raven Steals the Light is my absolute favorite. I have heard of its telling with a few variations in ...
natural history
Past, Present and Place: Getting to Know Your Local Natural and Cultural History
This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit one of my favorite museums, the High Desert Museum near Bend. As I stopped and read a plaque in the birds of prey exhibit about the founder of the museum, Donald M. Kerr, I had a moment of realization about the importance of natural history museums. The fact that they are important has never been lost on me, neither has their intrigue, wealth of ...