https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal daily 0.75 2025-04-07 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/spring-interlude-maple-blooms monthly 0.5 2025-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/865f3bd7-0422-4075-971f-46e9cc89f12c/IMG_2614.JPG Journal - Spring Interlude: Maple Blooms - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/22573304-eb43-404a-bef9-adc350eee81a/IMG_2618.JPG Journal - Spring Interlude: Maple Blooms - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/spring-hymn-in-praise-of-green monthly 0.5 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/17543b37-df2b-4b47-a44e-1bf272497020/IMG_9862.JPG Journal - Spring Hymn: In Praise of Green - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/0951a0b3-396c-4a77-bc91-f225b63b20cf/IMG_0459.JPG Journal - Spring Hymn: In Praise of Green - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/f785de5f-0049-4622-b32d-f7d719b6a6e3/7F585F05-9534-4C22-B92F-52E94CF9F4A0-1502-0000005790A7C836.JPG Journal - Spring Hymn: In Praise of Green - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/lessons-from-skunk-cabbage monthly 0.5 2025-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/08efe00b-dee7-4407-94dd-808f8f1dc838/IMG_4724.JPG Journal - Lessons from Skunk Cabbage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/33cbe48a-6e97-4e1d-b794-45c342bc7ee2/IMG_4720.JPG Journal - Lessons from Skunk Cabbage - Make it stand out Skunk Cabbage blooming on the margins of a boardwalk through a bog on friends’ Whidbey Island farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/67e3e4d9-6187-477d-b29c-c4717c4e0d99/IMG_4723.JPG Journal - Lessons from Skunk Cabbage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/cedar monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/5fa02044-87b7-4e69-9558-3affcaa4b8e3/Cedar+Flats+10%3A16%3A2008.JPG Journal - Cedar - Make it stand out My first visit to the 1,000 year old matriarchs at Cedar Flats in the Opal Creek Wilderness, October 16, 2008. Photo: Tom Atiyeh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/d1fb7185-5c3c-4305-82fe-583d5aad47ad/Cedar+Log.jpg Journal - Cedar - Make it stand out The fluted trunk of a cedar gifted to us by our friend Fred. Photo: Alex Mondau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/6ed4d282-53eb-4e9c-8ff4-4db60cc8152d/Cedar+Fissure+Quinault.jpg Journal - Cedar - Make it stand out Ancient cedar, Quinault, Washington. Photo: Alex Mondau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/cc2bcb8b-6c56-4dfa-a451-905c185d8578/840FBBB4-DC22-4DFC-B1D0-B99F7439F66D.jpeg Journal - Cedar - Make it stand out Twin cedars, Hoh Rainforest, Washington. Photo: Alex Mondau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/5df7ba10-3c8d-41b1-8d0d-70dfb6115dc5/cedar+on+the+mill.jpg Journal - Cedar - Make it stand out Cedar log in the milling process. Photo: Alex Mondau https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/coming-home monthly 0.5 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/95ec0f4e-ca9a-491c-9089-5cee2edff237/IMG_2500.jpg Journal - Coming Home - Make it stand out Hazelnut catkins, the fuchsia blooms they will pollinate are just beginning to emerge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/244260cf-ab3c-41e4-88b2-da28997f77aa/IMG_4292.jpg Journal - Coming Home - Make it stand out The first of the blooming trees have flowered along the seashore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/17abdd50-3e69-4982-9484-f859e2d9e88c/IMG_2477.jpg Journal - Coming Home - Make it stand out The Salish Sea, Bainbridge Island, and the Olympic Mountains from the final descent into SeaTac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/0175688e-a6d6-4a04-a946-6d6ed9f9d697/IMG_2497.jpg Journal - Coming Home - Make it stand out Huckleberries, just days out from bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/4b93480e-5b35-491f-bb26-596d05947925/IMG_2472.jpg Journal - Coming Home - Make it stand out Lake Chelan and the North Cascades from the air above the Yakima Valley. https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/my-story-of-place-attachment monthly 0.5 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/1740347948571-1MRWFT5FSP8032EHWZT9/IMG_2258.JPG Journal - My Story of Place Attachment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/1740347970638-G0AZO5NHK928LMFTXI3C/IMG_1095.jpg Journal - My Story of Place Attachment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/1740363875844-F222ALA4W9B0KODHOYJZ/20140309_164809_Original+%281%29.jpg Journal - My Story of Place Attachment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/1740363903959-3YQ8PFZ2R0YOQZSHFUPP/IMG_2107+%281%29.jpg Journal - My Story of Place Attachment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/f607ab90-8069-4645-ac64-9606d9c14d99/IMG_1086.jpg Journal - My Story of Place Attachment - Make it stand out We trampled through a thatch of native blackberries so ripe and plentiful that the hot air filled with the smell of freshly made jam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/1740364498629-NFT571BB2NHL4FODAAAI/IMG_6775.JPG Journal - My Story of Place Attachment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/1740364519434-3BDICNNN6T8W1MATCMJE/IMG_1092.jpg Journal - My Story of Place Attachment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/1740364256291-LAM07Y9K6508T6V5F9JZ/IMG_0299.jpg Journal - My Story of Place Attachment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/1740364278343-TMQ9H8887XL25SDEVEKU/IMG_2126.jpg Journal - My Story of Place Attachment https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/when-despair-for-the-world-grows-in-me monthly 0.5 2025-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/060871d7-dd72-4910-80e6-8fba62396d3d/Pt+White+Pier.jpg Journal - When Despair for the World Grows in Me - Make it stand out Point White Pier, Bainbridge Island. The place from which I first saw an orca pod in the wild ten years ago this month. (photo: Alex Mondau) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/5cac01f4-d15c-42d9-8645-3b93d73e57ea/invasive+bamboo.jpg Journal - When Despair for the World Grows in Me - Make it stand out In a beautiful corner of conserved lands near my home, an invasive stand of bamboo slowly spreads through the forest. (photo: Alex Mondau) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/d8531346-315a-4c7c-8b35-ee9139288ef3/melting+glaicer.jpg Journal - When Despair for the World Grows in Me - Make it stand out The melting foot of a glacier on the flank of Mt. Olympus. The rate of glacial melt in this park is so severe that map makers are having a hard time keeping up (leaving back country travelers exposed to risk that is difficult to assess). (photo: Alex Mondau) https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/snow-day monthly 0.5 2025-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/d1a6647f-a015-4797-b86f-213ca36a9e7a/IMG_2310.jpeg Journal - Snow Day - Make it stand out Our world transformed by snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/87ed7c13-0e19-4d8d-8257-b786c7c1e9ba/IMG_2311.jpeg Journal - Snow Day - Make it stand out Snow on the licorice fern on the maple’s limb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/8b9460ab-be14-4c68-816b-c962ea959e87/Fritz.jpg Journal - Snow Day - Make it stand out Fritz, our Räuchermann from the Erzgebirge, calling in the snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/0abe2407-2c2a-4ebb-8f35-5af4687da062/Cattail+Marsh.jpg Journal - Snow Day - Make it stand out The cattail marsh in snow. https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/remembering-jaune-quick-to-see-smith monthly 0.5 2025-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/a1f47c34-3e9c-4972-9844-3163f0cf813f/Map+to+Heaven.jpg Journal - Remembering Jaune Quick-to-See Smith - Make it stand out Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Map to Heaven, 2021. Acrylic, ink, charcoal, and paper on canvas with framed photograph. https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/whats-in-a-name monthly 0.5 2025-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/101eceaa-16c2-4c35-a77a-1d8445ab4082/Opa+Shrine.jpg Journal - What’s in a Name? - Make it stand out My grandfather, Proka Avramović, housed in a small shrine in my dining room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/736d5dad-4867-4a5d-be73-59834b480b0b/IMG_8668.JPG Journal - What’s in a Name? - Make it stand out Tahoma, “mother of all waters,” from Schel-chelb, “bringing it home.” https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/the-enchantment-of-the-familiar monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/9394cb0d-9fb8-4d58-b5d4-9d7bc99e4503/Jens+Jensen+Nature+Preserve.jpg Journal - The Enchantment of the Familiar - Make it stand out Jens Jensen Preserve, Chickaming Township, Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/c911f2d6-c034-47bc-a159-a606fe555f5f/Kristina+on+Lake+Michigan.jpg Journal - The Enchantment of the Familiar - Make it stand out Lake Michigan and me, 1994. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/fb49978a-cedd-4053-afff-353de2fd1c3b/Lake+Michigan.jpg Journal - The Enchantment of the Familiar - Make it stand out An unseasonably warm winter day on Prairie Beach, Lake Michigan. https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/winter-solstice monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/devotions monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/a-high-and-holy-place monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/how-can-we-celebrate-thanksgiving monthly 0.5 2024-11-27 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/cold-water monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/the-flight-of-the-maple-leaf monthly 0.5 2024-11-12 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/memento-mori monthly 0.5 2024-11-08 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/notes-on-hope monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/a-record-summer-chum-run monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/what-to-remember-at-the-beginning-of-the-rainy-season monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/autumns-super-bloom monthly 0.5 2024-10-08 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/for-the-love-of-trees monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/cusp-2 monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/the-human-pace-part-2 monthly 0.5 2024-09-17 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/the-human-pace monthly 0.5 2024-09-10 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/summer-interlude-ii monthly 0.5 2024-09-02 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/paddle-magic monthly 0.5 2024-08-25 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/place-attachment-primer-place-part-2 monthly 0.5 2024-08-18 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/place-attachment-primer-place monthly 0.5 2024-08-11 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/place-attachment-primer-process-part-2 monthly 0.5 2024-08-04 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/place-attachment-primer-process monthly 0.5 2024-07-28 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/place-attachment-primer-people monthly 0.5 2024-07-22 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/summer-interlude monthly 0.5 2024-07-14 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/sr3-part-two monthly 0.5 2024-07-07 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/sr3 monthly 0.5 2024-06-30 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/cusp-1 monthly 0.5 2024-06-23 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/dragon-the-magic-harbor-seal monthly 0.5 2024-06-16 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/i2qorgx2iwghc8i0f75chlz2ab7m5n monthly 0.5 2024-06-11 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/al-philips-native-plant-garden monthly 0.5 2024-06-02 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/some-shining-coil-of-wind monthly 0.5 2024-05-26 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/the-holiest-man-i-know monthly 0.5 2024-05-19 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/memory-map monthly 0.5 2024-05-17 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/hawthorn-superstition monthly 0.5 2024-05-05 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/earth-day-part-two monthly 0.5 2024-04-28 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/earth-day monthly 0.5 2024-04-21 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/trillium-spotting monthly 0.5 2024-04-14 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/forest-bathing-part-two monthly 0.5 2024-04-07 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/forest-bathing monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/cusp monthly 0.5 2024-03-24 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/new-topographics monthly 0.5 2024-03-17 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/on-attachment monthly 0.5 2024-03-10 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/palette-of-place monthly 0.5 2024-03-03 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/beginnings-part-four monthly 0.5 2024-02-25 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/beginnings-part-three monthly 0.5 2024-02-18 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/beginnings-part-two monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/beginnings monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/winter monthly 0.5 2024-02-03 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/migrations monthly 0.5 2024-01-21 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/journal/i-think-i-found-my-place monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/home daily 1.0 2024-10-18 https://www.belongingtoplace.com/about daily 0.75 2024-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65964214c2636135821b6479/40cb155c-4c47-4ed8-8fdf-21b45d2f79d8/840FBBB4-DC22-4DFC-B1D0-B99F7439F66D.jpg