The Trail
When Rebecca Solnit and Bill McKibben asked Barry Lopez if he would join a group of writers in submitting a 350-word piece for 350.org’s effort to publicize that number — the Continue reading
Author Archives: Remie Arena
On Cold-Weather Vegetables
Gnarled sweet potatoes, tips curling like the feet of witches. Hubbard squashes, big enough to sit on, warty, blue. Mushrooms flaring their gills. Back in July, the tomatoes and corn the Continue reading
The Contemplative Work of Shelley Lawrence Kirkwood
A few years ago, we put a pear on the cover of our magazine. The issue was about food, but also more than food. It was about the inheritance of ancient Continue reading
Music, Forest, Body
The relationships between musicians and their instruments—often built over decades of daily bodily connection—serve as an inspiring example of how we might live in better relationship to forests. Continue reading
How to Tan a Beaver Hide
In the springtime, beaver culture demands that two-year-old male kits leave their family lodges. And for a time, they become refugees. Crossing our roads, they are too often hit by cars Continue reading