"For me, the sentence is where it’s at—the way the story’s told—not simply the story behind the language.” --Ander Monson via jeannine ouellette

Yes.

Congrats Ben Goldfarb !

Ha

"Sometimes in the night I hear the splashing and smacking of water by a beaver’s tail, and think I should go down there, barefoot in the dark, to catch sight of it in person." Today's blog post is about autumn and the missed opportunities of summer. watershednotes.ca/2024/09/18/tak…

Love these characters. And that is definitely a good plan!

"I am not saying we don’t help bring our dreams into being. We do, we must. Otherwise, we destine ourselves to live lives made up of what happens to us rather than what we make happen." jeannine ouellette

My latest book review is of Katie Rose Guest Pryal's book A LIGHT IN THE TOWER, about mental health in academia. Published in the Women in Higher Education newsletter. A really helpful book for both academics and students. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

There's an email newsletter in my inbox from The Walrus, and the subject line is: What if Pierre Poilievre Wins? I can't bring myself to open it and read the article...

"The light is changing as we slide into autumn. It pools, viscous and gold, on the leaves of the catalpa trees that have finally grown tall above our gate. It drips over the big-leafed maples, which are already losing their leaves to drought." watershednotes.ca/2024/09/18/tak…

#Ash in the #Rivers: The Unexplored Consequences of Post-#Wildfire Runoff on #Freshwater #Fish ➡️californiawaterblog.com/2024/09/15/ash… via jaylund

"Where did everyone go, and who are these made-up strangers in their place?" Sarah Kendzior on social media.

Nice to "meet" you!

"Here’s to autumn, the equinox (coming up on Sunday!), and the slide into the quieter months of the year." watershednotes.ca/2024/09/18/tak…

Here's a request to all emerging poets out there: submit MORE THAN ONE POEM. As editors we can't gauge your work, simply with one poem. Be bold, send us your best 3-5 poems, please! Also, if we like your work, we might publish more than one. Be audacious! Take up space!

JOB: Beaver Coexistence Program Manager, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center * 3 years, full time * Remote/flexible in California * Salary $90,000 USD/yr * Benefits incl 5w 3d holiday/yr * Apply by 13 Oct 2024 #ConservationJobs oaec.org/hiring-beaver-…

“The biggest stupidity of this civilisation, and of all civilisations, was the belief that it will never run out of raw materials - and that these materials were inexhaustible, when in fact they are the flesh and bones of a functioning planet” #ecology #amwriting

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YES.

Also there are more impacts of logging on environmental systems - planting can't fix all of those.