Dual tracks the past couple years. . . fairly straightforward translating of science and public policy issues related to sound and the environment, writing for a general interest audience (see www.AcousticEcology.org)--while "mundane" on one level, it's also rewarding work, related not too distantly to my core purpose of telling the planet's story. . . Meanwhile planting thematic/stylistic seeds for long-term (life's path) New Story contribution of expanding our palpable sense of place into the solar and galactic realms (the same way that if you know your local landscape, you "feel" from experience what's over the mountains on the horizon, or can "scan/fly" up the spine of the Rockies, this is easily done in the night sky, with some handles and perspective). I'm working to develop a writing style that reflects the nested scales and perspectives on "home" that are fleshed out in essays ranging from the small valley (literally, Canoncito) where I live, to the continental scale (this region anchored by the Valle Grande caldera and Rio Grande rift), to Gaian awareness (rooted in Lynn Margulis' symbiosis vision), and then to the cosmos (see EarthEar.com/solardance.html).

During my 30s, I did a fair amount of freelance writing, often reviews and features on leading edge and eco topics (Dave Abram, Snyder's Mountains and Rivers Without End, investing with values, homeschooling); throughout, a real strong emphasis on celebrating the primal wonder (ala Berry and Swimme)--comet Hyakutake was seminal for me (the year before Hale-Bopp, Hyakutake zipped by very close to earth, a small comet so faint, but an amazingly long tail and obvious motion every night). This place writing, in bursts and spurts right now, is the thread that runs from my core; I'm enjoying feeding it as I can in the midst of this Acoustic Ecology work that has pulled me in for a few years.

I've been working on a ghost story/mystery for way too long. My ideas don't pan out and I scrap it all and start over.

Love, Life and the other things.