Molly Murfee & Earth Muffin Memos

Creative non-fiction and place-based writer, field educator, outdoor guide and author of the Earth Muffin Memos blog

[Bronwen Tate @bronwentate]

It's not every day you have a chance to take an online class with someone who has a Ph.D. in Geology, has worked in politics as a climate advisor, AND writes and publishes gorgeous essays. If you're interested in exploring the intersections of science and creativity, take a look.

[The Nature Library @thenaturelib]

OPEN CALL: THE SEA AROUND US

Are you interested in the sea and its future in the midst of ~everything~?

The Nature Library is looking for poetry and short form creative writing (make of that what you will) on the theme of THE SEA AROUND US.

More info at https://t.co/HhTIEmkXPe

[Molly Murfee & Earth Muffin Memos @MollyMurfee]

EARTH MUFFIN MEMOS
"Women & Nature"

"When a society chooses a hierarchical structure ... wild women and wild nature ... cannot be tolerated.

#earthmuffinmemos, #culture, #voice, #power, #colonialism, #feminist, #ecofeminism

https://t.co/8wqXIZzhpP

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EARTH MUFFIN MEMOS
"Erasure"

"The simple fact of my whiteness has given me a life of privilege. The systems are set up in my favor. ..."

#earthmuffinmemos, #culture, #voice, #power, #writing, #colonialism

https://t.co/CYgnHLbCQD

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Been guiding wildflower hikes this week, with lots of id, then met with editor Anna Lena of @EcotoneMagazine, then, as the universe does, ran across this lovely article on naming. Utterly apropos: The First Thing a Plant Does Is Branch in Two – Ecotone https://t.co/nLtMz9q2Y1

[Milkweed Editions @Milkweed_Books]

🎉🎉🎉 Join us in congratulating @adalimon, the next Poet Laureate of the United States! 🎉🎉🎉https://t.co/K27vxeQWcn

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"Restoration is a positive way to heal both our colonist past and our future, reweaving our relationship to this land, its creatures and ourselves, whole again."

#earthmuffinmemos, #environment, #nature, #Connection, #stewardship, #Wolves

https://t.co/Qn0umyhIRe

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It is time to recreate our mythology.

We must turn off our screens, step away from our jobs and our shopping ...

#earthmuffinmemos, #environment, #nature, #culture, #Connection, #ritual, #community,#mountainculture, #stewardship, #climatechange

https://t.co/VLsBkPEp9R

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"The Southern Rockies have been my physical and spiritual home for decades now. Yet, after all this …

#earthmuffinmemos, #environment, #nature, #culture, #Connection, #ritual, #community,#mountainculture

https://t.co/Q1cYyl9Ji8

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"There are not historically relevant spiritual sites evoking feelings of reverence, connection or mysticism in this land with any of these religions..."

#earthmuffinmemos, #environment, #nature, #culture, #Connection, #ritual, #community,#mountainculture

https://t.co/k024UyzvYk

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#EarthMuffinMemos in Mountain Journal @MoJoGYE speaking on #wilderness

https://t.co/EjWuD2w58R

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"To return and reconnect to a community of creatures ... is not a threat. It is a homecoming. A reunion."

#earthmuffinmemos, #sustainability, #environment, #nature, #stewardship, #culture, #connection

https://t.co/nSTm8SJNs1

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EARTH MUFFIN MEMOS (12-30-19)

"Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while a layer of scum floats to the top." Ed Abbey

#earthmuffinmemos, #ClimateChange, #Writing, #EdwardAbbey, #TerryTempestWilliams

https://t.co/7l3jb5wXsN

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EARTH MUFFIN MEMOS NEWSLETTER (December 23 edition)
"A Gift to the World"

"During the winter holiday season we do a lot of good things. ..."

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#earthmuffinmemos, #sustainability, #stewardship, #culture, #environment

https://t.co/O29bqBvyWh

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EARTH MUFFIN MEMOS NEWSLETTER (October 24 edition)
"Kind Communication"

"There are times when the verbal sword is warranted ..."

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#earthmuffinmemos, #community, #connection, #communication

https://t.co/jxQxE0NCKW

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I'm one of the new Faculty of Nature @WesternGPCW with @Authorlaura and couldn't be more thrilled. Writing as a vehicle for change!

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EARTH MUFFIN MEMOS NEWSLETTER (October 10 edition)
"The Lost Art of Listening"

"Listening is apparently a difficult skill for us humans. ..."

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#earthmuffinmemos, #community, #connection, #communication, #slowingdown

https://t.co/zt5jCczYDQ

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EARTH MUFFIN MEMOS NEWSLETTER

"I once had a magazine editor tell me he wanted an article brief enough to read on the toilet. ..."

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#earthmuffinmemos, #environment, #nature, #sustainability, #culture, #technology

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EARTH MUFFIN MEMOS NEWSLETTER (September 19 edition)
"Greed"

"We devour. We devour landscapes and watersheds until they are scarred..."

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#earthmuffinmemos, #environment, #nature, #sustainability, #culture, #stewardship

https://t.co/LG1V7dlnc2