Farm Blog

Which teacher helped you be who you are today? My life is different because of Renee Godard, a college professor who introduced to me to the science of ecology and biogeography. She sponsored my early naturalist training in the Kamana program, and did great mentor tricks like give me a dead raccoon in a bucket so I could assemble his skeleton. She has been a very, very beneficial influence. I wrote to Renee this winter, sharing stories of the farm and thanking her for her

I try not to leave the peaceful bubble of Hawthorn Farm. But I started driving neighbor kids to school, which threads me through the Tesla-laden streets of Bellevue. Through the stoplights and paving projects and new buildings and mattress sales. This is insanity. I wince when I think about how much pollution driving causes, and I shrivel inside when I see new apartments and overpasses. I'm even more concerned about something I don't see. Squashed weasels. I used to call l