Upwellings: Peace in a Time of Fascism

Justice cannot afford to be blind when her tools have been tampered with.

Yew

Week 50 of the PBP.

Ulmus (elm)

Week 42 of the PBP.

Skunk Cabbage

Week 39 of the PBP. Skunk cabbage. It’s ubiquitous in the swamps and marshy parts of the forrest. This plant is about asserting yourself, holding your own and finding others like you. It also holds a valuable lesson about being indiscriminately repellant—mosquito and human alike avoid its aroma. Skunk cabbage is one of those unglamorous […]

Sycamore

Week 38 of the PBP. There’s just something about the scaly, leopardy bark of the sycamore that I’ve always found irresistible. When I visited Portugal in 2011, one of the most memorable experiences of the trip was sitting beneath the giant spreading branches of a sycamore in the courtyard of a Templar monastery. It was […]