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Cathartes aura
60 wordsI wait at the bus stop, in the grass, as the cars scuff by. There is a hint of sunset behind the road, behind the skyscrapers, and the houses feel empty as dawn. In this moment I look up. Three turkey vultures circle each other; they dance like kites, smooth, their shadows lengthening, their features…
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Lupine
151 wordsLupine smell like nothing at all. Their hooded flowers feel like paper and like rain. Tiny ants climb their stems, up and down on the small hairs. A bee lands on a purple bud, makes its way in, and then leaves to find the lupine’s brethren. In their roots, lupine fix nitrogen, and I imagine…
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The Summer Sky
245 wordsI wander away from the lights. I look for the darkened air, where the bats are felt but not seen. Wildfire smoke smudges the horizon. I crunch over the grass and the gravel until, finally, I am far from the cabin. I look up. Past the smoke, in the clear zenith, vega hangs emptily, spaciously,…
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My Plastic Free July Journey
569 wordsThis month I decided to participate in Plastic Free July, a worldwide initiative to encourage the reduction of everyday plastic usage. Aside from being made from fossil-fuels, plastic takes millennia to biodegrade, polluting our rivers and oceans–and their animal inhabitants–in the meantime. Many plastic products are designed to only be used once, which makes their…
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