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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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The Great Conjunction
“Justice is calling people to action,”
Rebecca Jim
Feb 183 min read
Having Humility
My parents made some life-long friends on a bus trip back to the Cherokee Homelands in the 1970’s. The trip took the group to see some of...
Rebecca Jim
Feb 63 min read
My friend, too
The magic Jill created, I bet she did it for you, and I would imagine we will be telling “Jill” stories for years to come.
Rebecca Jim
Dec 27, 20244 min read
Wood for the fire
We always heard that wood warms you 3 times, to cut it, stack it and then to finally burn it
Rebecca Jim
Dec 16, 20243 min read
Matt Black Came
We will have all felt his intentions both visually as well as spiritually are true. His photographs stem from the enduring legacy of the Gre
Rebecca Jim
Dec 2, 20243 min read
Boarding School Drop Out
Myself I am the product of a boarding school experience. What happened there put me on the road to become a school counselor.
Rebecca Jim
Nov 4, 20244 min read
This Little Tick of Mine
The Black Angus cattle with the yellow ear tags have been looking at me. The image is of one of Louise Arnold’s oil paintings entitled...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 12, 20243 min read
What if it Mattered?
I have been so very proud of your actions to write to FERC and let them know how you feel and tell them YOU DO NOT want to FLOOD! Your...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 9, 20243 min read
Bearing Witness
During the summer of 1964 Freedom Riders trained at Western University, which is now the white bricked portion of Miami University. It...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 5, 20244 min read
Western Union
Stories, we are all full of them. A number of years ago, my mother’s youngest sister drove to Oklahoma to visit us at the Big Pasture,...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 1, 20244 min read
Heat for the Cold
I have been waking up in a whole new world. The shift is real. The change just settling in with me. The struggle to be warm during these...
Rebecca Jim
Jan 30, 20243 min read
That’s Nuts!
The freezing nights were followed by the sudden drop of the walnut leaves, not singles, but frons laid out as if they had ended the poker...
Rebecca Jim
Nov 27, 20233 min read
Grandmas’ Letters
Morning came and I went looking for a letter one of my grandmothers had written me. It was easy. There in the closet on the shelf in the...
Rebecca Jim
Jul 24, 20233 min read
Who Done It?
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou This town has...
Rebecca Jim
Nov 21, 20224 min read
The Bridge
"Action is the bridge between thoughts and reality" ~ Richie Norton I'd like there to be a future. Of course there will be a future,...
Rebecca Jim
Oct 30, 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
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
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