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A home for my musings on life and forestry.

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Consulting to Corporate Forester and Back Again
Consulting to Corporate Forester and Back Again

I often say I became a consulting forester backwards…

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Saunter to Hope
Saunter to Hope
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My home is my mandala — a mindset for physical distancing
My home is my mandala — a mindset for physical distancing
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Follow me in the woods.

 
Spring things...full plate, lots happening, awesome projects and great clients! 1) Spot release around native plants put in last year (this ninebark was a successful cutting from my yard!) 2 & 3) Nature appreciation breaks from computer-tethered
Valentine's Day Willamette Valley snow! Pictured on nootka rose and evergreen huckleberry in my native plant garden at home. I'm inside writing today but took a moment to appreciate the snow. Growing over 40 native plants in my own yard has given me
To saunter is to observe, listen, and adapt one's thought patterns. Spending a few moments with this Sitka spruce gave me a chance to ponder tree survival and growth while in competition. How much of my expectations of shade tolerance, growth, and th
It's that time of year! Big wind and that cold, stinging, sideways rain ushers in the pile burning season. Thrilled to keep moving along this oak release project. Extra fun to bring my littlest to watch for a bit. Also, why had I never thought to us
Between storms, maple leaves falling on cedars, samaras caught in unfurling ferns on greening moss, dogwood colors against the sky, double rainbow in the last golden rays of sun. Fall in the Pacific Northwest reads like a poem. Appreciating a chance
Water. Spend a month following it in the woods and you'll be surprised by the lessons in hydrology. Seeps and springs make summer flow and can emerge from the tops of mountains. Big draws don't mean big water. I'm still wrong half the time about whet