home to cascadia

Here I am, returning to a warm, beautiful summer already in progress.
The sunset looking down on puget sound from w.seattle hill was divine, more spectacular than any I saw in hawaii... vashon, blake, bainbridge in the foreground, with kitsap rising above them and the contour line of the olympic mts. ridge as the backdrop. the sky on fire. I walked down to lincoln park with my brother, got blasted by ecstatic, cool breezes, smelled the bodies of algae, greeted the trees, and touched the cold tumbling waves.

I've been super inspired to continuously learn about plants and their stories. where they evolved, how they traveled and propigated and grew. infinite histories to unravel, and millions of seeds. even in this cement smothered city that was once forests and marshes, the root systems of trees form a web in the subsoil, holding it together, keeping it real. What a beautiful plant you are, I say. what do you feed on? hows the sex? or the cloning? where have you come from? where are you going? I will be seeding plant nurseries and supporting garden development at my parents homes and wherever else I can.

I managed to catch a cold in honolulu (I was only there for 30 hours, but I guess I let my immune system get kind of low). It's a bit of a challenge to have set myself up for a quick transition--I'm headed to portland for the village building convergence tomorrow, an exciting event with many participatory activities, and managing the impending excitement of seeing many friends for the first time in quite a while, while needing to rest, take it easy, not 'party', per se. I managed to keep the colds away the entire time I was on the big island, so perhaps its time for my body's lymph system to have some stimulation... I look forward to seeing all my friends relatively soon. I'll probably be totally well by the time I return from portland, june 13 or 14...

more later, as I continue to integrate my hawaii experiences...