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“Emergence” and my Deep Ecology art practice

Nastassja / October 10, 2023 / 1 Reply

"The Galaxy Beneath our Feet" - Oil on Birch Board, 2022 Last autumn, I spent two weeks at the United...

Another look at Poison Ivy: Mother Rhus

Nastassja / March 22, 2023

Let's write stories for our ancestors. About healing. Hope, Futures of resilience....Let's write stories for the future generations. Stories that...

Deep Ecology of Lichens – An upcoming Artists Fellowship

Nastassja / July 21, 2022

Exciting news! The United Plants Savers awarded me a Deep Ecology Artists Fellowship. As one of their 2022 recipients, I'll...

My first published fiction story: “Cracking Open”

Nastassja / April 12, 2022 / 1 Reply

My first piece of fiction “Cracking Open: A Walk to the Precipice” was published six months ago in Dark Mountain...

Notes on a sabbatical from lichenology

Nastassja / October 30, 2021

For anyone who has visited my site before, you’ve probably noticed a big change. I’ve revamped it to reflect a...

Lichen Yoga in the California Alpine: Yoking the creative and scientific parts of self

Nastassja / October 6, 2019

Lichen taxonomy is really exciting to some people. And I'll be honest, I'm not one of them. I prefer the...

Trip Report: White Mountains or Bust! (California /Nevada, USA) Day 5

Nastassja / September 9, 2018 / 2 Replies

Our last day. In the morning there are a few brief sprinkles, and dark clouds everywhere. I hear two thunderclaps,...

Trip Report: White Mountains or Bust! (California /Nevada, USA) Day 4

Nastassja / September 6, 2018

Longest day, distance-wise. Wander up, following creek part of the way. Find some Claytonia. Top off our water at a...

Trip Report: White Mountains or Bust! (California /Nevada, USA) Day 3

Nastassja / August 31, 2018

Off early again, trying to ensure we saw no people today. This early stretch up to White Mountain summit is...

Trip Report: White Mountains or Bust! (California /Nevada, USA) Day 2

Nastassja / August 26, 2018

Started uphill early through lovely bristlecone forests, following an old road briefly. Found some wood crusts under a huge old...

Trip Report: White Mountains or Bust! (California /Nevada, USA) Day 1

Nastassja / August 25, 2018

We packed up carefully in the early morning and headed into Cottonwood Basin. All limestone up here. Saw a coyote...

Trip Report: White Mountains or Bust! (California /Nevada, USA) Setting up

Nastassja / August 23, 2018

We drove both vehicles to the Trail Canyon trailhead and camped near there in a lovely spot in a Pinyon-Juniper...

Trip Report: White Mountains or Bust! (California /Nevada, USA) Intro

Nastassja / August 22, 2018

The White Mountains of California / Nevada are the little known younger sister of the High Sierras.

Common Alpine Lichens of the High Sierras – California

Nastassja / July 25, 2018

What are the common alpine lichens found in the High Sierras of California? This handy six page guide just might...

What’s in an Ecotone? Lichens living on the edge…

Nastassja / July 25, 2018

An ecotone is a transition zone between two ecological systems. Ecotones can range in size: in some places ecotones are...

Northern Mojave Lichens: Part I — Interesting notes and Yucca People

Nastassja / December 27, 2017

Last April, Jason and I surveyed lichens in the northern Mojave. It's the second field season of a three year...

Alpine Lichens – Mt Whitney: Part 2

Nastassja / December 4, 2016 / 2 Replies

Part 1 covered the hike, but we didn't touch at all upon the lichens on Mt. Whitney! So let's do...

Alpine Lichens – Mt Whitney: Part 1

Nastassja / December 3, 2016

Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain in the conterminous U.S., looms over the Owens Valley, once a thriving agricultural area, now...

Kearsarge Pass, Sequoia National Park, California

Nastassja / September 22, 2016

Dear Kearsarge Pass, With your striking red furrowed bark of Foxtail Pines, cousin of the Bristlecone Pines. Soft rounded valley...

Article Reading List, Part 1

Nastassja / September 22, 2016

Its hard to remember all the great articles that one comes across during the course of a day, but there's...

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