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Timothy S. Colman
Mar 3, 20240 min read


DRAFT: How can we apply the Seven Generations Principle to address climate collapse and biodiversity extinctions?
The Seven Generations Principle, rooted in an ancient philosophy of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois), emphasizes considering the...
Timothy S. Colman
Mar 2, 20243 min read


Reviving NW Hedgerows: How Farmers Can Protect Salmon and Livestock with Living Fences
I hired award winning artist Suzanne Duranceau to paint the Northwest Hedgerows to teach farmers what plants to grow along salmon bearing streams and create living fences to keep horse and cows out. Friend Valerie Easton wrote about their importance in The Seattle Times. Northwest Hedgerows poster field guide gives you 32 native plants and a few animals you can encourage to grow as a riparian buffer. The dream scene is centered around Fall City Farm barn outside of Seattle,
Timothy S. Colman
Mar 2, 20241 min read


Timothy S. Colman
Feb 29, 20240 min read


Ceasefire! WA State voter? Vote UNCOMMITTED not for Biden. USA has got to stop the war on these Palestinians today.
My Democratic party is going to blow up like the Republican racists have already. Follow Megan Stack on NYT for stories on the starvation...
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 29, 20241 min read


Starbucks workers will get their union!
Great news today: Starbucks is finally promising to negotiate a contract with workers. Your favorite tree poster sherpa is a small...
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 28, 20241 min read


Wild plants
I met Arthur Lee Jacobson over 25 years ago when he would wander in to visit Mike Lee, landscape architect who shared an office ith me in...
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 28, 20241 min read


love is a place by e.e. cummings
love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places yes is a world & in this world of yes live...
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 26, 20241 min read


Timothy S. Colman
Feb 26, 20240 min read


Derek Walcott reading his new poems in 2007
One of my favorite poets. Listen to him read:
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 24, 20241 min read


Ruminations
“A candle as it diminishes explains, Gathering more and more is not the way. Burn, become light and heat and help. Melt.”
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 24, 20241 min read


6 Degrees of Separation To MacKenzie Scott? Seventh Generation principles to reforest Aurora Ave N, Build Social Housing in the highway
I'm writing with my green dream in mind today. And channeling to find out who I know helps me connect with Mackenzie Scott and other...
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 23, 20244 min read


Secret recipe! Green Goddess Salad to get you outside healthy and enjoying life
Watch this doctor for some great teaching and preaching about eating plants.
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 19, 20241 min read


Timothy S. Colman
Feb 19, 20240 min read


Refuge a poem and river of thoughts on talking with rocks, trees, flowers and befriending each other
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 18, 20240 min read


Timothy S. Colman
Feb 14, 20240 min read


I like using Perplexity to answer some questions better than Google search. Here's why:
1. The layout is clean and yes, I like the fact that my bestselling NW Conifers illustrated by Mike Lee in color pencil was part of the...
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 14, 20241 min read


How can we prevent ecological collapse?
There was a day in the 1990's that I thought helping fellow Americans learn about trees by designing beautiful art people would like so...
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 14, 20241 min read


Herman Hesse on self awareness
Here is a writer who sang to me as a teenager and I keep circling back to... I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who...
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 8, 20241 min read


Solid conversation on friendship, especially between men
Love this Ezra Klein podcast on building friendship. Prioritize Friendships: Cohen's work suggests that treating friendships with the...
Timothy S. Colman
Feb 8, 20241 min read
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