Tonight in Bozeman! (5/6/26) I’m playing a songwriter in the round show at Hope Lutheran’s Center for the Arts.
With the talented:
John Hermanson @hermanson.john
Kate Plummer
Maren Haynes Marchesini @jealouscellist
May 6th, 7pm
Hope Lutheran
2152 Graf Street, Bozeman, MT
As many of you know our beloved sister Liz has been undergoing treatment for cancer the past year in Minneapolis.
It was great to see her this weekend, and spend time with her and family.
She has a very good attitude and has been a model patient, but it has been a very challenging and hard for her and our family.
Chemo, ER visits, life plan disruptions and the like.
One request from her this weekend is that those of you who know and love her to send her pictures. Pictures of yourselves, pets, animals, things and people that give you joy and things that make you laugh. Or anything duck related 🥹🦆🦆
You can text her photos (she’s not on social media) or send her via mail.
Please dm one of us if you need her address, email or number. She doesn’t post her contact publicly but is happy to share with friends.
Thanks! We love you Liz!
Taking a break from the campaign trail to do a little Willow planting!
Willow is a plant traditionally used for basket making and structure building all over the world.
Brother Will and I prepped 14 varieties of Willow cuttings that we will plant for future basket-making and structure building traditional craft folk-school classes at our family farm.
Stay tuned!
Taking a break from the campaign trail to do a little Willow planting!
Willow is a plant traditionally used for basket making and structure building all over the world.
Brother Will and I prepped 14 varieties of Willow cuttings that we will plant for future basket-making and structure building traditional craft folk-school classes at our family farm.
Stay tuned!
Ever wanted to grow your own mushrooms?
We’re working with the Ozark Society to host a mushroom log inoculation workshop at the Arboretum (at the tree farm!).
Different mushrooms like different trees.
Here I’m harvesting small oak logs (mostly white oak) for shiitake mushrooms.
What’s good about the oaks is that I can harvest small trees that don’t have a very good shape.
Maybe they’re curved or bent and won’t get as much light or will break as they grow older.
If I cut them down, they’ll sprout and grow again from the stump.
And they’ll get a second chance at this growing toward the light thing.
Space is limited, but Please join us!
Saturday, March 28th, 10-1
(the second half of the workshop is self-paced, so you can leave early if you need to get to a rally!)
Registration in my bio
Prescribed burn, the Burr Oak Savannah, at the tree farm.
A ring of native Burr Oaks circle a planted small pollinator plot/prairie in process.
I say “in process” because I wonder if I’ve planted the right things at the right time.
I’m not sure it’s an “actual” pollinator plot.
It doesn’t look like a the seed packets, so to speak.
Maybe it’s just a section of pasture that we fenced off and it’s becoming weedy.
But the photos on the seed packets don’t tell the whole story.
Everything is always in process, this is life.
It isn’t just about a section of pasture changing.
It’s also about us changing with it.
About planting good seeds, yes.
And recognizing the seedbank within us.
Our old relationship with the land waking up and growing new shoots.
Even Thistles have their place in it all.
It’s about learning to pay attention and be patient.
To do the work, and be patient.
Pay attention.
And be ready for next year.
🌱
Aerial 📸: Dan Chiles
