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These are our people now; their relatives may live next door to you. The woodland tribes who reside in Ottawa County: the Eastern Shawnee, the Shawnee, the Ottawa, the Peoria, the Miami, the Seneca, the Wyandotte.
Rebecca Jim
2 days ago3 min read
BEAVERS to the Rescue
A beaver is yes, a rodent but they are also ecosystem engineers who can shape wetlands and create biodiversity.
Rebecca Jim
Apr 73 min read
JUSTICE
“You can also commit injustice by doing nothing." –Marcus Aurelius
Rebecca Jim
Mar 173 min read
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A Random Photograph
The 1968 photograph showed me standing on the edge of a roadway somewhere in west Texas. I had caught a ride overnight in a semi owned by...
Rebecca Jim
Jul 7, 20233 min read
It will Kill You
Sometimes people say, “It will kill you,” and, hey, it doesn’t, won’t, hasn’t, so we tend to downplay the warning. I have been guilty of...
Rebecca Jim
Jul 5, 20233 min read
Something’s Wrong
Those words woke me at 4 this morning. I rose to find nothing wrong. The clarity of the voice bridged the chasm of the place between...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 29, 20233 min read
Flooded by Memories
I want to swim in Tar Creek ~ I want to fish in Tar Creek ~ I want to play in Tar Creek ~ Maybe someday Tar Creek is my creek ~~ EPA...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 5, 20233 min read
Another Big Week
I like to say it starts with water. But actually, it started in New Jersey. NEW JERSEY? Yes, the Picher Project was going to be...
Rebecca Jim
May 24, 20233 min read
I Drove Home
I drove home facing the sun again. All these years coming and going to work the Sun greets me each day and leads me home again. Tonight,...
Rebecca Jim
May 24, 20233 min read
I deferred
The image in my head is of the me standing up midst and among the rows of Waterkeepers and yelling the words that 20 years ago Earl...
Rebecca Jim
May 4, 20234 min read
Someone Cared
After all these years, the effort has worked. The Miami Police Department got the call, and they turned on their lights and approached...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 25, 20233 min read
Table Talk
The dining table Tony Booth donated to LEAD Agency has been with us since we moved into the ROCK House and later when we brought it to...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 25, 20233 min read
Start Dreaming
Without a dream, with no hope, with no plan for change, we will have no change. Billy Mills, began his Dreamstarter program on the 50th...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 5, 20233 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 26, 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 15, 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 6, 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
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