TerryTempestWilliams
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edges; words; and birds; writer-in-residence at Harvard Divinity School
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Grizzly 399 is back! She made her debut appearance in the Tetons this spring emerging from her hibernation with four cubs this year! She is 24 years old. An icon to all of us who have been watching her for decades. Photo by Tom Mangelsen
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I am so sorry, friends, I am so over joyed by this this Executive Order on the restoration and review of National Monuments, Bears Ears + Grand Staircase, included — and a stay on drilling in the Arctic Refuge I can’t even make a coherent tweet. 🌈💙👍
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I would place this book in every household if I could. What every member of my family is receiving. 160 poets representing 100 Indigenous Nations edited by Joy Harjo. Truly stunning — the full range of emotion is within these pages. I am reading each poem out loud. So beautiful.
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This is beautiful and powerful and true: AOC speaks to this moment:
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This female black-chinned hummingbird flew inside our home + became trapped between the shutters + window. Stunned, she let me to pick her up + take her outside where she rested in my hand. In time, her eyes slowly brightened. I could feel her heart quicken — and then, she flew.
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Biden set to restore Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante to pre-Trump size — (Lets not call it “Pre- Trump size - Let’s say to the original sizes of the 2016 and 1996 proclamations). Yes‼️
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Many years ago, Barry Lopez taught me the color of the river is light. He is now that light. Bless him in all the ways he has blessed all of us. Ravens in the desert are speaking of this news. With his passing is our sorrow and our love. I owe so much of my life to his friendship
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Friends, I do not have the capacity to describe the sorrow of what we are seeing and not seeing here at the Bear River Bird Refuge. There is no water — no birds — and no wetlands that sparkle + sing. Only a dry, silent marsh — in a parched landscape w/ a dwindling Great Salt Lake
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Social media talks about “influencers” but when I see what true influence is exemplified by those who died in these past few days: Desmond Tutu, E.O. Wilson, bell hooks, Joan Didion, Tom Lovejoy we see how history changed, our perceptions changed, the world is enlivened for good.
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My father who is 86 is isolating in his home with his wife. He's going stir-crazy with no sports to watch or read about. I just gave him a writing assignment, "Time to write your life history." Excited, he is calling back with his first installment at 5:00 p.m
#ittookapandemic
Just a reminder that when Shakespeare was quarantined because of the plague, he wrote King Lear.
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Hallelujah‼️Bears Ears Restored.
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Last night’s splendor of the blood red cliffs still lingers — Even in this time of uncertainty and terror — the world is still so beautiful.
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Blessings to you, Wild Ones.
BREAKING: Today, for the first time ever wolves were released into the wild in Colorado. Let’s wish these three male and two female wolves good luck after this historic attempt to reestablish a healthy population in the state.
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It's all related: Putin's war on Ukraine, our thirst for oil, loss of biodiversity, climate collapse - We are at war w/ourselves, we are at war w/the planet. If we do not commit to living differently, we know the end of this story. Our health, the health of Earth is interrelated
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Twilight. Just now. Palmer penstemon blooming in the foreground. The wild bees such as the black carpenter bees love them.
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The strangest clouds today like flames rising from the sandstone cliffs. Does anyone know their names?
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Tonight — in awe — flaming sandstone — bitter cold.
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Flames in the desert called Globe Mallow among the Sage.
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I took this picture to remember this moment that is now commonplace worldwide, people meeting extreme weather at home — and wondering what can be done other than accept and adapt to the changing landscapes on a planet in peril and plan, alongside the predictable unprediabilifies.
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Gov Walz is right about Federal Lands, these are places to protect not develop. Building private homes on our public lands lacks an understanding of what they are by law. These lands are usually remote, they are defined as multi~use lands from national parks and monuments; to
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I am closing the day as it thunders w/ Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's powerful speech on the floor of the House today. She spoke for every girl, every women, daughter + wife who has been verbally abused. We can thank her by sharing her words.
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Every day I see something new. Is there such a thing as a black rainbow?
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This night — light is a prayer and a song. Blessings on this New Moon.
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“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?
The world would split open.”
—Muriel Rukeyser
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“Justice is what love looks like in public.” — Cornell West
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Stay steady, Friends. This is a moment that calls for our attention, discernment, and compassion. We are in the middle of a story that history will hold and we are now living inside. May we continue to do the work that is ours to do as we keep the “open space of democracy” open
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Friday’s flash flood — The velocity and volume of water was beyond comprehension. 4th one this summer.
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These are public lands and they deserve our care + protection. May Rep Deb Haaland as Secretary of Interior broaden and deepen our understanding of what it means to engage in a generational stewardship for all people, for all species for all time. This is, too, is justice for all
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Rugged side canyons that break out to the glorious Green River (truly green) as it meanders through Canyonlands joining with the Colorado. I was so enthralled with what I was seeing from the plane, the man sitting next to me said, “Is this your first trip to Utah?”
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Mark Kelly called as winner of Arizona Senate race. If we look at Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada — We are seeing a redrawing of the political map in the American Southwest. Utah will eventually follow. Much of the credit goes to Indian Country + Native voters organizing!
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Today, I feel calm, for the first time in four years. Honestly.
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The crisp, cold clarity of the high desert — a joy being home.
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Tonight — one of those nights when you believe.....
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Equal light, equal dark — For a moment, Earth aligns with balance. Happy Spring Equinox, Friends. The Winds have entered the valley like banshees.
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Full Moon, Winter Solstice, Darkness turning toward light -- Brooke and I send you our love from Utah's red rock desert. May we each find the inner peace necessary to do our work in the world while supporting one another in community. Cheers to you and yours, TTW
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The Open Space of Democracy feels open again. Leadership matters. Oh how we needed this.
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Elegance of the Cosmos. 4.6 Billion Years. Humbling as a human. And yet, we, too, are made of stardust. ✨
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Fire Season is here, too soon. Our Valley is choked in smoke w/fires blazing on the other side of the LaSals. Just heard beloved Pack Creek Ranch has burned. Pray folks got out. A crucial gathering place for so many of us. We wrote first books there, wielded monkey wrenches, read
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Still here....surfing the waves of emotion. High tides and low tides here in the desert. Beauty remains the constant. Stay strong and well.
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We all pray in different ways — Sending you sage from the desert with love + care with an eye toward the long view -
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Woke up early this morning, thinking about the tender conversation I had with my father last night. We both agreed what love looks like this Christmas and the next few months is staying home. We will not be together as a family, but we are together in our solidarity to take care.
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All hands on deck, Dear Friends 🇺🇸
I support Kamala Harris 100% ‼️ I also honor President Joe Biden’s decision. Such a hard one. We have never been here before. The stakes could not be higher. These words from “The Open Space of Democracy” (2004) “Democracy depends on
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Grateful for the record voter turnout; relieved Biden appears to have won and will be our next president; and committed to doing the hard work ahead knowing half our fellow cotizens think very differently than we do. I want to understand and find out why. Seeking the long view.
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And tonight — The Weather Gods are at play — or reeking havoc — epic monsoons flooding Moab — here sky turned orange yellow — then, blue followed by thunder and lightning strikes throughout the valley. Crazy!
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This morning - crab apple blossoms agains red rock — grace in the desert
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Just now — the slightest edge of the moon at dusk.
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Dearest Yo-Yo Ma, Thank you for your gift of music. It is not only a comfort but a reminder of what is beautiful about our species. Bless you. Bless us all. The Earth is rising up. May we each rise to meet her with grace.
In these days of anxiety, I wanted to find a way to continue to share some of the music that gives me comfort. The first of my
#SongsOfComfort
: Dvořák – "Going Home”
Stay safe.
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Took my 88 year old father out to see how low Great Salt Lake is — at risk of vanishing. Even so, we saw tens of thousands migrating ducks: Shovelers, with Pintails, Widgeons, and Green-winged Teals,among them. A glory of a day!
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Friends, pls do not come to Moab Arches + Canyonlands are closed, small rural towns are vulnerable, including Native communities, Bears Ears
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This afternoon, I held our little dog named Winslow Homer tight as he shook uncontrollably before an impending thunderstorm (he feels these things) — and I thought, this may be how we are all feeling inside about now — — —
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Rolling thunder in juniper berry skies. A storm is coming — The smell of petrichor is strong.
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A lonely drive tonight at twilight. New Moon. 300,000 people have died from COVID. Bless them. Bless their families and loved ones. Bless those who cared for them and those who are struggling now. Seek calm in the shadows. The night sky comforts.
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My brother said he was "eroding." I listened but I didn't feel the weight of what he was saying. Now he is gone. May we all listen to what is being voiced behind the words of those we love who are in pain - and act in gestures large and small.
#WorldSuicidePreventationDay
#love
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There is no place to hide. Orange dystopian skies, valleys choked with smoke. a red sun suspended in gray is common place. All of us living in the American West are holding our breath for each other and the lands we love. The climate crisis is at our door
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In this moment where we are all bearing witness to climate collapse in the places we call home,
@RebeccaSolnit
and I wrote this essay as a way too reclaim our agency.
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Today, the man I live with and love told me he had a surprise for me. He opened the freezer and I was excepting some ice cream -- instead on a platter he
presented me with an icicle perfectly protected from today's thaw! Small delights loom large.
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“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.” MLK, Jr.
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This is so good, the whole conversation
@brainpicker
has curated on creativity.
For those who wish to write and are procrastinating -- Tonight's New Moon might be a good beginning in 2019. Sit down. Close your eyes. Breathe. The words will come. No regrets. Write. Write. Write.
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”
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In spite of everything, this: “When I stand alone with the earth and sky a feeling of something in me going off in every direction into the unknown of infinity means more to me than any thing…”
— Georgia O’Keeffe
#humility
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Welcoming 2021 and the new year. May it be gentler and kinder and may I be, as well.
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Last nights sky in the north just above the Colorado River. Never seen anything like it -
#nofilter
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Here is what authentic power looks like: Please read. This is historic. The Women of Bears Ears are speaking — not only speaking truth to power, they are changing the vocabulary of power. They are engaging in the rematriation of the Earth.”
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Here it is in full: Restoring Monuments‼️ Bears Ears & Grand Staircase Nat’l Monuments + more. This beautiful restorative news.
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I have truly gone feral. Don’t think I can ever go back to some former self. A burning clarity has arrived — This desert — taproot to water.
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