Category Archives: Biophilia

Friday poetry: To the New Year

Posted on 4 February 2011 by Emmett Duffy

[Editor's note: Admittedly we're well into the new year, but it's a new year for the Natural Patriot. We've heard from this volume by W.S. Merwin before, about which a reviewer has commented "Each of the 100-plus poems in Merwin's … Continue reading →

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The dormant land

Posted on 31 January 2010 by Emmett Duffy

The crops are sleeping. The creek is frozen. The trees are sleeping. The creatures are sleeping. Everything is waiting. Waiting patiently.

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Autumn falling

Posted on 29 October 2009 by Emmett Duffy

Just now I felt the need, as I sometimes do, to just step outside and stand quietly for a while. Letting my breathing and heart rate ease into a quieter rhythm, allowing the soft breeze to wash away the cloud … Continue reading →

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Networking the Natural Patriot

Posted on 19 October 2009 by Emmett Duffy

One of these days I really have to write another real post, instead of sending out hat tips to other sites (as important as that is), rehashing my own posts under different cover, and other sleight-of-hand. But for the moment, … Continue reading →

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Le Carnaval du Bleu

Posted on 6 October 2009 by Emmett Duffy

. . . is up at Cephalopodcast — this month’s round-up of blue bloggers (meaning ocean-themed, as opposed to morose and crooning about lost love or some such ill).

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Farewell old friend

Posted on 11 September 2009 by Emmett Duffy

0940. Maupin Field shelter. A still, overcast contemplative day, early autumn crickets singing, an unidentified bird — or conceivably a frog — chirping monotonously in the muffled foliage. Green and moist. Dim in the forest. Made good time through the … Continue reading →

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Pollen-nation

Posted on 11 June 2009 by Emmett Duffy

No, I’m not talking about hay fever. This just in: National Pollinator Week is coming up (21-27 June), and I just ran across this great website that offers free downloadable guides to improving habitat for these essential animals in your … Continue reading →

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A few things I learned from a zucchini

Posted on 6 June 2009 by Emmett Duffy

A few days ago, the little garden patch produced its first fruit (photo at right). It doesn’t like like much, I’ll admit, but every baby is beautiful to its parents. Well, to be truthful, some of the things advertised in … Continue reading →

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Nature is hiring

Posted on 4 June 2009 by Emmett Duffy

[Editor's note: Following is Paul Hawken's recent commencement speech to the graduating class of the University of Portland. It is so inspiring, so filled with poetry and wisdom, and so dead on the mark that I feel compelled to reproduce … Continue reading →

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Timberneck Biodiversity Restoration Project: 2nd spring

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Emmett Duffy

Dear me.  First lightning bugs of the season out in the last few days and I haven’t even reported on this spring’s new incarnation of the Timberneck Biodiversity Restoration Project (translation for uninitiated: yardwork. Only more fun.). Well, it hasn’t … Continue reading →

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