The griever’s year aligns with sacramental time, ritualized through memory, legacy, struggle, pain, mourning, and an intense abiding love that penetrates the realms.
Tag Archives: Deep Ecology
Exploring the Fingerlakes: Bobolink Sighting and Scenic Views in Tompkins County, New York
A bird that managed to elude my presence when I lived in Nebraska where they are commonly seen out on the prairies.
Black Birders Week 2024, I was a featured Speaker!
I had the pleasure of being invited to Black Birders Week programming this past May! Nicole Jackson, ecological and wildlife education extraordinaire, contacted me, and I was glad to accept! The link for the recording: Make sure to check out the programming from other illustrious speakers too! https://www.blackafinstem.com/2024-themes-and-press-statement In Louisiana, in April 2025, I photographedContinue reading “Black Birders Week 2024, I was a featured Speaker!”
Birds of NOLA!Charleston! Charlotte!
NOLA: Bayou Sauvage Charleston, S.C. Charlotte, N.C. Carolina Raptor Center- Huntersville, NC BONUS: 5 Lined Skink
Road to Ithaca, New York and Birds!
It has been a while since I updated. In fact, the last time I updated was in May before I moved to Ithaca, New York.
An ode to the #RosebreastedGrosbeak
As I write this post, the tears roll down my face. I realized this afternoon that I had not seen the Rose Breasted Grosbeaks who had been frequenting my birdfeeding station since mid April
A Birder’s WORST NIGHTMARE
The horror!! What is a birder’s worst nightmare?? Forgetting the SD Card? Forgetting to charge the camera battery? Low sun on a spring day?? Rain on a spring day? Running out of gas in the middle of nowhere?
Many Rivers to Cross #Grief #Spirit
The road seemed long at times, I played The Blind Boys of Alabama, and the music worked with Spirit, in tandem with the Ancestors, and the DIvine Love of God to send a message to me for survival.
Fall Migration is coming: UPDATES
It has been a while since I updated here and it is not because I have not been birding. On the contrary, I have been birding every single day.
Mississippi! Birds and Updates
This plant inspires me and it grows on the Live Oak in my new yard in Starkville. I find myself staring at it all day. Hoping the rain comes to replenish it over and over. There is a metaphor for life and grief in their somewhere.
Bird Lady of Turtle Island 