A teenager is blinded by wildfire smoke and falls in love with a wild animal.

  Lost and Found If I felt alone before, I was really alone now. Curled up in a ball on the lake shore of Eulatzella Lake, I wept for myself. I wanted to get so close to that fire; see the flames and feel the heat. I wanted to feel alive as I felt so…

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Painting Nature on Nature

A Feather makes for a beautiful canvas. When I’m out foraging, hiking, or hunting, I keep my eye out for feathers too. There are so many gifts of nature: food, medicine, backdrops for artwork… I just recently started to paint on feathers. It’s an interesting material to work with as you can imagine. The barbs…

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