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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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A Sense of Grace
It is a short walk, an historic walk across Harvard Square with the red brick dormitories saved for Freshmen which must each year ground...
Rebecca Jim
May 7, 20223 min read
Home Grown
We raise our own. Tar Creek has been part of Nick Shepherd's life since before he could legally drive a car. He competed in high school...
Rebecca Jim
May 7, 20223 min read
A Sense of Grace
It is a short walk, an historic walk across Harvard Square with the red brick dormitories saved for Freshmen which must each year ground...
Rebecca Jim
May 7, 20223 min read
Refugee
We have our own well known refugee and she is actually connected to two World Wars. The lead and zinc mined out just north of us we all...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 26, 20224 min read
Valued Home
I never been to Spain ... but I been to Oklahoma ~ Three Dog Night I have never been to Columbia either, so when the Tulsa Global...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 14, 20223 min read
Words
Not everyone can put together a book of poetry about a place. It takes time and relationships with the land, the water, the individuals...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 14, 20223 min read
Your Story
You, your words, your life experiences and your unique view of the place where you live are and have always mattered, but have too seldom...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 5, 20223 min read
Act 50
Is that something like, "Act your age?" No, ACT50 is Waterkeeper Alliance's collective celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Clean...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 29, 20223 min read
The POTLUCK Society
“You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” --Ralph Waldo...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 18, 20223 min read
Imagine Ottawa County Remade
If you have ever been an educator, you know there is a joy seeing a student discover a thing, own it, claim it and then more deeply know...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 13, 20223 min read
Generosity
"Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”- Albert Camus There is much to be said about the generosity of...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 5, 20223 min read
The Last Tour
This week I got to show the wounds, the color of blood oozing out of the ground on each side of the road, streaming along the ditches,...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 5, 20224 min read
Possible Piece
The lives of the people of this earth joined almost in total unity over the peril the people in Ukraine are experiencing each moment, as...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 5, 20223 min read
Chemistry Ducts
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it." ― Albert Einstein It is an honor to have the...
Rebecca Jim
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Designing our Future
Niall Kirkwood is a designer. He teaches at the Harvard School of Design. Twelve of his Masters level landscape studio students will...
Rebecca Jim
Feb 9, 20223 min read
Message in a Bottle
"Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear...
Rebecca Jim
Jan 29, 20223 min read
Droning Good
Visiting scholars spent a couple of nights at LEAD Agency lately, both professors at the University of the Pacific, who were here for the...
Rebecca Jim
Jan 19, 20223 min read
Help Wanted
Not being a hydrologist, sediment scientist, or hydro-geologist gets in my way of being the activist I long to be. Righting wrongs,...
Rebecca Jim
Jan 19, 20223 min read
Hundred Acre Wood
There at the end of The World of Pooh, in "the Enchanted Place" chapter, there is a moment when the inevitable seems to be happening,...
Rebecca Jim
Jan 9, 20223 min read
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