by beewisefarm | Dec 22, 2017 | Awareness, Consumerism, Native Ecology, Peace, Place
This Big Blue, Turkey Foot, Andropogon, erupted from sleeping grave, an emergence from the dead, extinct as a union soldier among the toppled limestone graves, a city park, a scarcely populated relic of the past, steep hill, gnarled Oaks, toppled fence and prairie...
by beewisefarm | Sep 23, 2014 | Climate, Consumerism, Fracking, Place, Pollution
The people gathered along coordinated routes, organized and grouped by devotion. Estimates exceeded, hoping to be noticed, a representation of 1:100 assumed. Now will we dust off our eyes to trim a few watts, a few degrees, a plastic cup or trip to the store?...
by beewisefarm | Sep 15, 2014 | Consumerism, Place, Pollution
The left-behind, always on the fringe, but once recognized, lived again and again. Yes, the modern world is this bad. But an ability to see behind, beyond the scrim, a beautiful reckoning. –...
by beewisefarm | Apr 23, 2014 | Consumerism, Place
When humid air rests on arms, bare for the first afternoon in half a year, life begins to happen, and bored eyes begin to re-explore, the sacred spectacle of time. (April in the...
by beewisefarm | Oct 19, 2013 | Consumerism, Fracking, Industrial Ag, Native Ecology, Place, Pollinators, Pollution
With only 1/100th of 1% remaining, tallgrass and shortgrass prairies are one of the rarest ecosystems on the planet. Once expansive mosaics of interconnected diversity, these biomes extended through most of our midwestern states. Today prairie remnants are small...
by beewisefarm | Oct 18, 2013 | Consumerism, Place, Pollution
A walk along the the river bank can reveal terrible truths of our society. Such inundation of consumerism leaves one with few places to escape the cumulative damage. The process is known but hidden, with facts buried in loopholes. Regulatory laws composed by industry...
