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Rising Star & Mexican Water
I spent an afternoon with a rising star film maker and the stars she has created, reluctant me and Dana Tiger , absolutely delighting in every moment of the attention. Jane Breckinridge asked us to come to the Euchee Butterfly Farm outside Bixby, OK to screen both of Loren Waters’ short documentaries, Meet Me at the Creek and her latest film, Tiger and to sit for a panel discussion after the viewings. The afternoon’s event began with Creek tribal hymns sung a Capela. I becam
Rebecca Jim
Dec 23 min read
Piney Woods
Out here on the land I am taking back to tallgrass prairie, the electric company and the pine bark beetles are both taking their roles seriously to help in that endeavor
Rebecca Jim
Nov 123 min read
Nominated by Grace
At the annual Oklahoma Native American Elder Honor celebration, I joined 48 others from 23 Oklahoma tribes to be recognized this year. It was held at the First Americans Museum
Rebecca Jim
Nov 84 min read
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Every Seat Was Filled
Hope and Restoration resounded in Richard Zane Smith's words: "Draw our minds together as one so we can work together and give thanks to...
Rebecca Jim
Oct 15, 20223 min read
Designing a Rain Garden
A Rain Garden does NOT require the use of umbrellas! "A rain garden is a landscaped, shallow depression planted with native plants that...
Rebecca Jim
Oct 1, 20224 min read
I Didn't Know To Ask
Monday morning brought me the opportunity to spend time with a group of women who spoke a language I had never heard spoken before that...
Rebecca Jim
Sep 24, 20223 min read
End of an Era
The sky was clear, the wind calm, the sun shine bright. We hadn't a clue the Queen would die just hours later. The morning was still...
Rebecca Jim
Sep 9, 20223 min read
Wait 'Til You See It
A woman named Harriet Festing called out of the blue one day. And called back several more times inquiring about the repetitive flooding...
Rebecca Jim
Sep 3, 20223 min read
Tommy Bear
With summer, my Dad would often quote the poem one of his classmates wrote when they were very young children. The poem was not about the...
Rebecca Jim
Sep 3, 20223 min read
Be Brave
In the privacy of your car there is a thing you can do. Drive down Main Street, like usual, but when you are alone in your car, slow down,...
Rebecca Jim
Aug 20, 20224 min read
The Game
There are lots of comparisons to life itself being a "game." But the greatest example I am aware of is played in our area and was being...
Rebecca Jim
Aug 16, 20223 min read
Dams Can Be Removed
"There are places you will remember"... are words from a song you may remember. But the places you remember, yours and mine, may differ...
Rebecca Jim
Aug 4, 20223 min read
Think WATERSHEDS
We can get our head around the Tar Creek watershed, we know those ephemeral streams who catch up to her and add their flows to her...
Rebecca Jim
Jul 30, 20223 min read
Bales of Hay
Since I became LEAD Agency's Tar Creekkeeper, recognized by the Waterkeeper Alliance for being her best advocate, I have struggled to get...
Rebecca Jim
Jul 23, 20223 min read
Ground Glass
I recycle my glass. It hasn't been easy since the place in Vinita folded and quit taking any. We have all hoped Red Cedar or the City of...
Rebecca Jim
Jul 16, 20223 min read
A Real Summer
It has begun. A real summer. Like the ones we remember, those hot and drier days that barely cool even deep in the night. These are the...
Rebecca Jim
Jul 16, 20223 min read
Exposome
It isn’t a place or a brand new museum. You don’t go there to explore. Perhaps you might think of it as a way to explain us. Who we are,...
Rebecca Jim
Jul 16, 20223 min read
Actively Speaking
As an environmental activist, my life has focus on air, water and soil. Each are gifts from the Creator. All elements we need for...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 25, 20223 min read
Raw Feelings
When we prick our finger, when we scrape our knee, when we experience a bump in the night and see our bruise in the morning. The evidence...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 17, 20224 min read
Page and Rage Rhyme
There are take aways. There are impressions. There are moments. There was silence. The anticipated rage wasn't there. The implication is...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 17, 20223 min read
True Loves
The book I hadn't written had a chapter that ended only yesterday. Themed as a love story, compiled by the chapters of couples who lived...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 5, 20224 min read
Town Hall
The ground is saturated and the gardens lay waiting to dry out and be what they were planned to be. Maybe we all hope to be what we were...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 5, 20224 min read
Baby Emmett Salkil
Several years ago when my son first went into law, he practiced with Henry Ware in a firm they called Indian Country Lawyers, taking...
Rebecca Jim
May 14, 20224 min read
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