by Kathryn True | Apr 14, 2012 | blog
It’s hard not to notice a spring sky. Like throw pillows of the gods, towering piles of cumulus clouds dominate the horizon. Or they loom ominously overhead like bulbous gray zeppelins, warning us not to get too attached to the parts of the sky that remain...
by Kathryn True | Feb 21, 2012 | blog
All around us myriad shades of green are nudging out the gray-brown wash of winter. Buds, blossoms, needles and leaves are unfurling with time-lapse-camera speed, responding to nature’s unseen alarm. For those in the know, one of the most exciting of the re-emerging...
by Kathryn True | Feb 7, 2012 | blog
When Orion strides into the skyscape each year I feel like I’m greeting an old friend, and I’m reminded of the first time I ever saw him. Standing on the sidewalk in front of my childhood home in Oregon, my mom showed me how to chain together the stars that outlined...
by Kathryn True | Jan 17, 2012 | blog
My 12-year-old has been teasing me about how I’m more wound up about the prospect of new snow than she is…and she might be right (I’m wide awake at 3 am writing this because I’m so excited for the onslaught that I can’t sleep). There’s something about how snow...
by Bianca Perla | Jan 1, 2012 | blog
This article was re-published by permission in the Puget Sound Zen Center’s blog. It was also re-published by permission in the Wilderness Center’s blog. Thanks to both for your interest in our work! As the winter solstice passes and the New Year begins, I...
by Kathryn True | Dec 6, 2011 | blog
The Vashon-Maury Island Audubon Society’s fourth grade birding program has taught birding basics to thousands of children over the past 20 years. Through Vashon Artists in the Schools, Chautauqua teacher Jan Smith started integrating art into her bird lesson plans...
