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To Hear The Earth Speak – A Short Story
3–5 minutesThey told me I was deaf, but I didn’t believe them. The music was always there. Always strongest at the sunrise, bending the ancient colors of the sky until they were inside me. I knew sound as I saw it. The yellow sap of cedar trees sang directly into me, gave all the…
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The Eyes of the Owl
3–5 minutesThere is a tree in my forest that I love more than all the others. I call it my forest, but it’s not really mine. It doesn’t change because I claim it, but continues breathing and flowing and catching the wind. So I claim it not. Below the canopy, ferns and ivy push through a…
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Never Cry Wolf
3–5 minutesWhat would you do if, beneath the forest canopy, you heard a wolf’s howl? The chance of such an experience occurring in Oregon is low, but growing. As of 2012, there were 53 wolves within our state’s boundaries. Wolves were once abundant in the United States; their numbers ranged from 200,000 to 500,000, until habitat…
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My Novel Won An Award!
1–2 minutesSo the other day I opened up my e-mail. Subject: Moonbeam Medalist Update – please respond. Turns out that, although I’d entered the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards months ago, I had somehow also unsubscribed from their e-mail list. “We want to be sure you’ve heard about winning a Moonbeam Award,” the e-mail said. Congratulations on…
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