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Another really great way to get involved in your community with the land you inhabit! It could be a porch or a windowsill too, you don’t have to have a yard.

Homegrown National Park

The idea of the homegrown national park is to remove invasive plants and plant key species that support the local food chain. Yes, intentionally letting bugs eat and live on your plants. The interesting thing is that if you like birds, they need to feed their young squishy caterpillars and if you don’t have bugs, you’re not gonna have many birds and so on. Because local food webs are important for biodiversity and you depend on that as well! While a small contribution of a windowsill doesn’t seem like much it contributes to a national patchwork of habitat that would otherwise be inedible invasive plants or more Kentucky bluegrass (lawns).

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Here’s something awesome you could do. Make your self a part of your community and a steward of the land that supports it!

Here is an enormous list of state master naturalist programs. Of which there are local chapters to get involved with.

It typically does involve some classes (as you need to be able to identify plants and such) and then ongoing volunteer work: maintaining trails, recording data, community events, invasive species removal, education, gardening, doing admin work, and so on.

There is sometimes a small cost, or you essentially pay the class fees by volunteering. Often there is a fee waiver. There are also typically car pools to meet for classes, field trips, and other projects (wow the power of community or something).

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I am so excited to share this graphite piece, which is the cover of "A Man Named Shuku." The book is available for free download!

From the Positions Press Website: "A Man Called Shuku illustrates the tenuous relationship between a Japanese vice governor and his Chinese translator during the former’s tenure in Japan-occupied Manchuria. Originally serialized in 1940—at the height of the Manchukuo regime—Ushijima Haruko’s narrative unveils the tensions and obscurities of the colonial encounter, casting doubt on the empire’s official proclamations of ethnic harmony in the region." Thank you to Akhil and Sunee for bringing this project together!

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And I’m trying! The last of the National Public Library Week stickers for Echo-lit

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Are you thinking about buying local or small? I hope so! Another sticker design for Echo-lit

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I designed some stickers for Echo-lit ahead of National Public Library Week. This is one!

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​I know and also don’t know how I’m not priming it right or getting the light colors I want but it’s an experiment

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It’s been cloudy out so these aren’t the best pictures and there is still a bit to be done.. but I’m getting into oil painting and it’s a lot more forgiving than I thought!

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Even a worm will turn 🔪

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After this awful east coast winter, I'm having a Spring sale! 20% off with the discount code: ILOVEYOUSPRING

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AH! AH HA! I have the answer

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I’m on blue sky, let’s fly away!

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The Sun! I miss it!

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SUV Pest: "I think of it as my 2000lb guardian angel (I'm 3 grams). I've always hated children so it doesn't bother me how often they end up squashed beneath these things. Honestly, the planet could do without more kids. I consider this a relatively carbon neutral option. I almost let the fact that my SUV is less safe than a regular car cross my mind once but then I backed into my special 3-car length parking spot in the heart of the city, hauling my two bags of groceries, and said to myself: 'Ah.. The American Dream.'"

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Mine oh mine oh mine oh mine oh mine

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I've been laying down the lines again

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“For What Use” (2024)

9in x 12in acrylic on recycled canvas