by beachraven | Jul 20, 2026
Monterey Bay, Monterey, California When I was a child, my grandparents showed the family a silent, homemade film of my grandfather on his ranch in Wyoming. He was walking towards the barn, wearing his cowboy boots and hat and carrying a bucket with a big nipple...
by beachraven | Jul 20, 2026
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt If we consider John Muir the moral conscience of the modern environmental movement, Theodore Roosevelt might be seen as its political ally. More than any other American...
by beachraven | Jul 20, 2026
Asilomare State Beach, Pacific Grove, California I ran into a book last year that I wish I’d read a decade ago, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It was first published in 2013 and has spread through word of mouth, readers giving away copies and...
by beachraven | Jul 20, 2026
Lake Tahoe, California “In short, the brain evolved in a biocentric world.” ~ E. O. Wilson We’ve carried the daily stress of modern life for so long that it feels normal. Long before phones and computer screens invaded our lives, our bodies...
by beachraven | Apr 22, 2026
Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, California “You can’t get upset enough to improve anything.” ~ Wayne Dyer How should we salute Earth Day, this honoring of our mutual mother, our blessed terra firma, oceans and mountains, plants and trees,...
