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Studio | Brainripples: updates from Jade's desk plus discussions about creativity, artistic growth, and freelance writing. Brainripples RSS
Forest | Arboreality: a blog about trees, forests, plants, wood, and everything in between. Arboreality RSS
Garden | AppleJade: a garden blog about sustainable living and the pursuit of happiness. AppleJade RSS
Connections: Writing, Art & Creativity
- A cappella Zoo Online & print journal of magic realism & slipstream
- A Walk Through Durham Township, Pennsylvania Kathleen Connally’s Photoblog of Landscape & Creative Photography
- Anita's Owl Creek Bridge Tales of the macabre from Seattle storyteller Anita Marie Moscoso
- Association of Writers & Writing Programs [The] Supporting writers & writing programs around the world with workshops, conferences & other development opportunities
- Author's Guild Published authors’ resource
- Beyond the Fields We Know Artist’s book of days & seasonal meditations by Catherine (Cate) Kerr
- Bitter Oleander Press [The] Deep-image driven poetry & prose since 1974
- Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation [The] English usage rules & guides
- Capacitor Performance. Art. Science.
- Cassandra Pages [The] Culture, society, place & spirituality with Beth Adams
- Centrum Arts & education from Port Townsend, Washington
- Clarity of Night [The] Poetry, fiction, photography & ether from Jason Evans & Aine
- Common Language Project [The] CLP: On a mission to engage, educate & inform Americans of all ages on the crucial human issues of our time through innovative & accessible journalism
- Copper Canyon Press Nonprofit publisher of poetry in Port Townsend, Washington
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting Stewards of local public media & purveyors of diverse & innovative programming that’s useful, educational & cultural
- Crack Skull Bob Sketches & musings of Iowa artist Ruben Fletcher
- Crafty Green Poet Poetry & observations of the natural world from Juliet Wilson
- Cranial Aperture Inside the photographic mind of Jeffrey Yen
- Creative Commons Nonprofit organization that develops, supports & stewards legal & technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing & innovation
- Daybreak Star Cultural Center Native American cultural center in Seattle, Washington, described by its parent organization United Indians of All Tribes as “an urban base for Native Americans in the Seattle area.”
- Dreaming of Dao Gaia Writer’s Journal of Ron Drummond
- Duotrope’s Digest Free writers’ resource listing of current Fiction & Poetry publications
- Elliott Bay Book Company [The] Independent bookstore in Seattle, Washington
- Emerging Writers Network Community of emerging writers, established writers deserving of wider recognition & readers of literary writing, with a goal to develop as large an audience as possible for those writers.
- Ester Wilson & Daily Drawings Artwork & sketches from Atlanta artist Ester Wilson
- Evergreen Alumni Entrepreneurs Association Resource guide for Evergreen Alumni, Faculty & Students
- Evergreen Authors Directory Evergreen Alumni & Faculty Authors
- Expanding Your Horizons Conferences that nurture girls’ interest in science & math courses to encourage them to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, & math
- Fiction, Poetry, and Other Good Stuff Commentary on contemporary literature & poetry from Leah Browning
- Field's End Serves the writers’ community & nurtures the written word through lectures, workshops & instruction in the art, craft & profession of writing
- FishTrap Promoting clear thinking and good writing in & about the West
- Gaian Tarot Earth-based tarot deck by Pacific Northwest artist Joanna Powell Colbert
- GUD Magazine Greatest Uncommon Denominator [GUD] specfic is good 4 U!
- Hoarded Ordinaries Mundane musings from a collector of the quotidian, Lorianne DiSabato
- IndieBound Support local businesses & independent bookstores
- Inkygirl An illustrated guide for writers by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
- Innocent A-Blog [An] Musings from the eloquent Bernita Harris
- Jamie Ford Author, storyteller, artist, nice guy
- Journey to the Center Photography, travel & observations of the natural world from Bev Wigney
- Karen's Desk Thoughts on writing & publishing from Karen Lee Field
- Learning Through the Arts Lesson plans & curriculum to help teachers bring arts into the classroom
- Legal Guide for Bloggers Electronic Frontier Foundation is a civil liberties group defending rights in the digital world
- Line Zero Indie print journal featuring original fiction, poetry, editorials & visual arts
- Literary MarketPlace ITI’s searchable database of the book publishing industry
- Local Writers' Associations & Groups by State Squidoo lens by Emma Larkins
- Lorelle on WordPress Information & advice on writing, blogging & online content management from Lorelle VanFossen
- Mad Poets Society Yes, poetry matters.
- Mattie's Pillow Virtual retreat for writers, artists, dancers, gardeners, horse lovers & the psyche
- MediaBistro Career & community for media professionals
- Melanie Gold Thoughts on writing, editing & publishing from Melanie Gold
- Miss Snark, Literary Agent Oldie by goodie: advice on agenting, publishing & not being a nitwit from Miss Snark (accept no substitutes!)
- Monongahela Review [The] A literary magazine for prose, poetry & visual art that seeks, among its eclectic voices, a sensitivity to life’s sadness & the beauty found therein.
- Moonstone Arts Center Robin’s Books reincarnated & wedded with local Philadelphia arts
- NaNoWriMo National Novel Writing Month headquarters
- Natasha Fondren Adventures on the writing road with Natasha Fondren
- Nathan Bransford, Literary Agent Thoughts on queries & publishing from Agent Nathan Bransford
- Natural Transitions Art Studio Paintings by Canadian artist Linda Lovisa which depict the natural transitions that occur in nature & our lives
- Newbie's Guide to Publishing [A] Thoughts on writing & publishing from Joe Konrath
- Noise w/o Sound Seattle graphic designer & creative genius Kathi “george” Wheeler
- Northwest Institute of Literary Arts NILA & WIWA literary arts education, resources & events
- Odyssey of the Mind International educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college.
- Olympia Poetry Network Nonprofit poets’ organization dedicated to increasing literary awareness & appreciation of poetry for folks living at the south end of Puget Sound (Thurston, Mason, Grays Harbor & Lewis Counties).”
- Orca Books Independent Bookstore in Olympia, Washington
- Orissi/Odissi Indian Classical Dance Traditional Eastern Indian dance taught by Dr. Ratna Roy & Jamie Lynn Colley
- Pacific Northwest Writers Association Pacific Northwest Writers’ Organization
- Paperback Writer Thoughts on writing & publishing from Lynn Viehl
- Pat Graney Company Dance creation, production & education
- PennSound Center for programs in contemporary writing
- Pennwriters, Inc. Midatlantic Writers’ Organization
- Philadelphia Stories Fiction, art & poetry of the Delaware Valley
- Philadelphia Writers' Conference Nonprofit bringing writers together for instruction, counsel, fellowship & the exchange of ideas
- Plagiarism Today News & resources for content theft, copyright infringement & plagiarism from Jonathan Bailey
- Poets & Writers Resources & news about poets & writers
- Poets & Writers Nonprofit serving creative writers with education & resources
- Poets.org Poetry, Poems, Poet Bios & more from the Academy of American Poets
- PoetsWest Pacific Northwest Poets & Poetry
- PostSecret Secrets shared every Sunday
- Powell's Books Independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon
- Preditors & Editors A guide to publishers & publishing services for serious writers since 1997
- Project Gutenberg Free ebooks & literature available for download
- Pub Rants Literary Agent Kristin discusses queries, writers & publishing
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) OWL at Purdue University: includes extensive grammar, style & usage resources for writers
- qarrtsiluni Online literary community featuring prose, poetry & art in a variety of media
- Query Shark Brutal honesty from the Query Shark (a.k.a Janet Reid)
- Review Review [The] Becky Tuch & crew write fun, sassy lit reviews of the latest issues.
- Richard Hugo House Puget Sound center for the literary arts that supports writers of all ages & backgrounds & promotes the creation of new writing
- Running Start Program to provide 11th & 12th grade students with the option of earning simultaneous high school & college/university credit (State of Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction)
- SB Independent News & culture of the Santa Barbarians
- Seattle Erotic Art Festival SEAF: vibrant annual event showcasing world-class art & creative expression to delight the senses
- Six Questions For… Editors, publishers, agents, educators & writers discuss writing with Jim Harrington
- Skagit River Poetry On a mission to bring together students, teachers, poets & community to celebrate diverse poetic voices in this rural Northwest community. Next Conference 2012
- Soul Food Café Online portal & community for writers & artists
- Speak Your Soul Encourages thoughtful & creative expression of every individual, exchange of ideas & positive action in our human community
- SPokenword LAB SPLAB: intergenerational spokenword Performance, Resource & Outreach center for Poetry, Story-telling, Conversation, Debate, Consciousness & Building community through shared experience of spoken & written words.
- Susan Brackney Artist, beekeeper & author on subjects of creativity, gardening & sustainability
- Tales at Twilight Anthony Rapino, writer of horror & speculative fiction
- TED Technology, Entertainment, Design: Ideas worth spreading
- The Caribbean Writer TCW: international, refereed, literary journal with a Caribbean focus, published annually by the University of the Virgin Islands
- The Liars Club Philly writers who lie for a living
- The Stranger Seattle news & culture
- Uruvasi Dance Company Promoters, practitioners & purveyors of Odissi/Orissi classical Indian dance (performance & education) in the Puget Sound region of Washington State
- Via Negativa Poetry, insights & naturalist observations from Dave Bonta
- Web del Sol Literary Journals, Prose & Poetry, Algonkian Writer Conferences, NYC Pitch & Shop
- What is Copyright Protection? Nonprofit web site of basic & general copyright information
- Whit Press Literary arts in action
- Wild River Review WRR: Nonprofit zine filled with thoughtful essays about people, place & culture
- Willamette Writers Pacific Northwest Writers’ Organization
- Wonderful World of a Facetious Redhead [The] Writing, literature & commentary from Lisa Diane Kastner
- Woodring Monitor [The] Drawings & musings of Seattle cartoon artist Jim Woodring
- Writer's Digest Information, resources & writing community
- Writer's Market Writers’ resource for paying markets
- Writers Connection [The] Providing local writing information & resources for writers around the Puget Sound (Gig Harbor, Kitsap & Seattle)
- WritersWeekly Weekly freelance writing ezine from Angela Hoy
- Your Sky Identify the stars & objects in your sky with this web-based interactive planetarium by John Walker (sky maps, horizon views, virtual telescope & more)
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06Connections: Wildlands, Sustainability & Conservation
- American Forests Planting trees to restore ecosystems through conservation action & advocacy
- Arbor Day Foundation Learn about, plant & purchase trees
- as we were saying Words, images & resources to liberate the mind via Jody Aliesan
- Berry Go Round Berry Go Round blog carnival (coordinating blog)
- Bootstrap Analysis Notes on ecology & conservation from Julie A. Craves
- Canopy Meg's Blog Margaret D. Lowman: Tropical Rainforest Canopy Biologist
- Cornell Mushroom Blog Folks at Cornell who are fascinated by fungi
- counting petals a place to engage all matters from which flowers bloom, with Lené Gary
- Dr. Nalini M. Nadkarni Forest canopy biologist with over 30 years of experience climbing & researching trees in Temperate & Tropical Rainforests
- Eco-Libris Promoting green practices & tree planting for the book industry
- Festival of the Trees Festival of the Trees blog carnival (coordinating blog)
- Flatbush Gardener Notes on gardening & conservation from Xris in Flatbush, Brooklyn
- Green Belt Movement Blog [The] Mobilizers of community consciousness for self-determination, equity, improved livelihoods & security, & environmental conservation
- Green Blog Carnivals Blog Carnivals for the Nature-Science Set from the Nature Blog Network
- Growing with Science Blog Putting the fun back into scientific exploration with Roberta Gibson
- John Muir Exhibit Sierra Club online exhibit featuring life & contributions of John Muir
- Mother Earth Water Walk Water, we love you: Anishinawbe Grandmothers raising awareness about our water
- National Parks Service NPS: US Department of the Interior
- National Resources Defense Council NRDC: environmental action group, combining the efforts of grassroots & professional contributors
- National Wildlife Federation Conservation organization working with communities to protect & restore wildlife habitat, confront global warming & connect with nature
- Natural Lands Trust Preserve Blog Regional land conservation based in Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Nature Blog Network Toplist for nature blogs & green blog carnivals
- Nature Conservancy [The] Conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands & waters for nature & people
- Open Space Preservation Department of Chester County Helping to preserve lands & cultivate conservation in the region of Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Orion Magazine Nature, culture, place
- Phytophactor [The] Pundit on plants, foibles & fun of academic life & other things of interest
- Research Ambassador Program [The] Helping scientists create meaningful connections between their research & the public via non-academic venues
- Rock Paper Lizard Words & pictures from a nature interpreter near a slumbering volcano
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Inspiring thirst for discovery & passion for the natural world
- Sierra Club Explore, enjoy & protect the planet
- Sustainable Prisons Project Partnership of the Washington State Department of Corrections & The Evergreen State College
- The Daily Ocean Sara Bayles is collecting trash on the beach & raising awareness to protect oceans
- TreeStory Feature documentary film uniting people around the common experience of tree stories. Share a tree story, hear a tree story.
- What's That Bug? Learn the answer from Daniel Marlos, AKA The Bugman
- World Resources Institute WRI: Working at the intersection of environment & human needs
- World Wildlife Fund WWF: Wildlife & endangered species conservation
Connections: Farm, Garden, Home & Humanity
- Amnesty International AI: Global movement of supporters working to defend human rights around the world
- Ample Harvest Gardeners sharing harvests with local food pantries
- An Inconvenient Truth Climate Crisis: Learn about climate change & take action to reduce your impact
- Any Soldier Send your support to a soldier
- Bastyr University Pioneer in natural medicine from the Puget Sound region
- Biokleen Pacific Northwest family owned & operated company making green, plant-based, hard-working cleaning products
- Bread & Roses Non-profit intentional community dedicated to building a world where it is “easier for people to be good.”
- Cascade Harvest Coalition A non-profit organization dedicated to “re-localizing” the food system in Washington State by more directly connecting consumers & producers
- Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Contribute to relief & rebuilding efforts for Haitian people
- Coffee & Conservation Informing on the connection between coffee & environment, especially bird habitat
- David Suzuki Foundation Working to conserve our environment by providing science-based education, advocacy & policy work as a catalyst for social change
- Democracy Now! Daily Independent Global News Hour
- Dunn Creek Organic Farm PEI, Canada Organic Farming with John Quimby & Family
- Ecocentric A blog about food, water & energy
- Evergreen State College [The] Public, liberal arts & sciences college in Olympia, Washington
- Four Season Farm Year-round vegetables & small-scale sustainable agriculture with Barbara Damrosch & Eliot Coleman
- Freecycle Network Grassroots, nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns & keeping stuff out of landfills
- Garden Rant Four feisty ladies dishin’ the garden dirt
- Garden Wise Guy Freelance garden writer Billy Goodnick shares ideas for sustainable gardening (with a touch of low brow humor)
- Heifer International Help support communities to end hunger & poverty & care for the earth
- Homeless in SB Santa Barbara community street voice
- Kitchen Gardeners International Self-reliant seekers of “the Good Life” through home grown food & homemade meals
- Kitsap Community Food Co-Op KCFC: community-owned & operated grocery store
- Lawn Reform Coalition Better ways of growing – life beyond the lawn with Susan Harris & her 12 cohorts
- Let's Move America’s move to raise a healthier generation of kids
- Local Harvest Resource to find farmers’ markets, family farms, & other sources of local, sustainably grown food
- Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Collect & distribute toys for needy children during the holidays
- May Dreams Gardens Garden geek Carol blogs from an Indiana garden & dreams of May
- McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container Helpful book for edible container gardens by Rose Marie Nichols McGee & Maggie Stuckey
- Menstrual Cycles All about Grandmother Moon from the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Washington State
- Northwest Harvest Help provide nutritious food to hungry people in Washington State
- One-Straw Revolution [The] A book on natural farming & permaculture by Masanobu Fukuoka
- Organic Valley Family of Farms Farmer-owned organic agriculture since 1988
- PCC Natural Markets “the co-op”: Puget Sound region consumer-owned natural food retail co-operative
- Planned Parenthood Sexual & reproductive health care provider & advocate
- Puget Sound School Garden Collective Garden-based education: life-skills, health & community
- Rebecca Wood – Kitchen Dakini Rebecca Wood, Author & Diet Coach, Recipes & Cooking
- Scarleteen Sex education for the real world
- Seattle Goodwill Non-profit organization providing basic education & job training services
- Seeds of Change Providers of organic & heirloom seeds & gardening resources
- Simply Cooking Recipes & Kitchen Talk with Shannon Turlington
- Slow Food International Global, grassroots organization linking the pleasure of good food with community & environment
- Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC: Teaching tolerance
- Stony Brook Farm Animal Welfare, Ecology, and Taste: Pasture Raised, Grass Fed Pigs and Sheep in Schoharie, New York
- Sustainable Gardening Susan Harris & fellow garden professionals teach gardening in a sustainable, environmentally responsible way
- Terra Madre Supporting the Slow Food movement by giving voice & visibility to rural food producers of the world
- The Real Garden Gardening secrets for the urban gardener from Jason Moorehead
- TreeHugger Leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream
- Tufts Timmy Foundation Working for sustainable health initiatives in Guatemala, Ecuador & Nigeria
- YES! Magazine Nonprofit publication of in-depth analysis, tools for citizen engagement & stories about real people working for a better world
Studio | Forest | Garden
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#1 by Kate/ Beyond the Brambles on April 27th, 2011
Gorgeous, gorgeous currant! I can tell that those leaves are brand new. I looked last year for any kind of Ribes at a bunch of nurseries around here, and it seemed to me at the time that they’d been wiped off the face of the earth! So excuse me while my mouth hangs open at your pic, proof that they indeed still exist. Oh, and thanks for the lovely poetry at my blog!
#2 by Jade Blackwater on April 27th, 2011
I’m glad to share! This is one of my dearest favorite plants in the PNW. It grew in the shade under my parents’ porch when I was a kid. Something about it really sings to me—probably the pink flowers and rainy accompaniments.
#3 by John Flores on July 20th, 2011
Succulence indeed. They are truly beautiful and it is wonderful to see them here…Great job.