by BeeWise | 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 BeeWise | 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...
by BeeWise | Sep 8, 2013 | Native Ecology, Place
An enthusiastic burden to the trained lover, I walk along the paths of forgery, complimenting through words but condemning through my eyes. The best intentions of most are circular variations of ones own selfish desires. I nod to the hum of wealthy meaninglessness,...
by BeeWise | Jul 5, 2013 | Native Ecology, Place
Despite the destruction of native forests and meadows, irregardless the plunder of prairies and mountain tops, there is a chance of promise ahead. There may be a glimmer if enough minds make the connection. The relationships between all living things are complex and...
by BeeWise | May 1, 2013 | Place
One foggy morning Calhoun started walking. He walked out the door, down the walk, and blindly followed the street by tapping the storm sewers with his cane. The walk became steep, the ground uneven and loose. He walked for about an hour and suddenly stopped. ...
by BeeWise | May 1, 2013 | Place
There used to be a climbing place, where the children from nearby houses would meet. They would make homes in the branches, or great picnics at the trunks base. Such branches were evenly spaced for hide-and-seek, when only the birds seemed to know where a person...
