Another dispatch from the edge of a city There are several farms to the north side of the city where I live. There are times when I will do my weekly grocery shopping just by visiting three specific farm stands within a five mile radius. It brings me great joy to do so. I am …
Blue Space
Life by Lake Erie After some life priority wrestling, my need for blue space finally prevailed. The shore along the western basin of Lake Erie in Sterling State Park. Photo by author. I am often surprised how long it can be in between shore visits. I know that spending time in blue space has many …
Spring Newsletter: Life, Art & Ecology
The Ambassador Bridge over the Detroit River. March 14, 2022. © Dawn Nelson After envisioning my newsletter as a quarterly publication some several years ago, I am hoping to return to this in the near future. As it is now, it appears to be on more of an annual timetable. That's okay too. The latest …
Dispatch from the Edge of a City
Much of my natural light is northern, and I work from home, so I tend to use lamps throughout the day. My apartment is dark.
A supposed day of liberation
Every year on this day I reflect on what this day is supposed to mean, and I don't believe we will every truly understand what it means until well into the future, when we take stock of how disadvantaged women and children are in this society (but this recent UN policy brief gives a good …
an account of losses
As we are now pulling out of the pandemic (at least in some form) I am finally getting some perspective on all the losses my family has sustained throughout this time. In some respects, I am at a loss for how to account for the totality of these losses. What I have learned in the …
Creative strategies to communicate science
With so much clamor these days on environmental science literacy and policy leadership, I am encouraged to remember how to keep things simple. Such as, how can we best communicate about environmental science with children and community in a way that is meaningful and relevant? How can we engage creatively to make subjects interesting? Of …
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Honoring women in science & the workforce – an ode to freedom
It's no secret that there aren't as many women in scientific fields as there are men. Eileen Pollack wrote a comprehensive analysis in her book titled The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boy's Club. She discusses her own challenging journey to formally pursue the study of physics at Yale, and how …
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Courage and Climate Change 
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