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You've gotta go outside, boo
Right now, the answers to most of our big and small questions are the same: go outside, boo. The systems we live within are not working. Go outside of…
Apr 25
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Madison Murphy Barney
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On invasive species
Many of the plants that we call “invasive” are here because someone loved them. Someone braided the seeds into their hair or sewed them into their skirt…
Apr 19
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Madison Murphy Barney
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Our Ancestors want us to be Calendula
My all time favorite dude Mr. Rogers told us to look for the helpers. It was something his mother reminded him to do in times of crisis. I think they…
Apr 12
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Madison Murphy Barney
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If all we do is dig, all we have are holes
Excavation is important. We need to know that our lives are built on solid foundations. If rotting, uneven matter is under the surface, the stench and…
Apr 4
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Madison Murphy Barney
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March 2024
On living in the brain you have.
I am tired of fighting with my brain and my brain is tired of being fought with. You are tired of fighting with your brain and your brain is tired of…
Mar 28
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Madison Murphy Barney
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Elder in training.
Hello dear reader, I interrupt our regularly scheduled Thursday publishing programming to share a project I am pretty thrilled about. As of 12 minutes…
Mar 24
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Madison Murphy Barney
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Our Ancestors want us to be Motherwort
Our Ancestors want us to be Motherwort because they want us to hold and be held while we do hard shit. They want us to grow in disturbed areas and…
Mar 22
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Madison Murphy Barney
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The medicine of enough.
I only watch terrible television. Mostly strangers looking for love in pods and reruns of old shows. I only watch terrible television because when I…
Mar 14
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Madison Murphy Barney
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It turns out everything is birth work.
Everything is birth work because life is riddled with thresholds. Thresholds of birth, death, loss, new projects, grocery stores, break ups, classes…
Mar 8
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Madison Murphy Barney
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February 2024
Finding Fairy Shrimp
For the past few years my dear friend pantslessly waded into a vernal pool on their land every April with a PVC pipe to collect some gunk and send it…
Feb 29
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Madison Murphy Barney
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There are seeds to plant
To love the world is to plant seeds. To love each other is to share what grows. To love the world is to protect all that is left of Earth’s creations…
Feb 22
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Madison Murphy Barney
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Turn toward Rafah
Let yourself be changed, heavy. Your body cannot stop this violence, and neither can mine. But we must do something. More than 13,000 children have died…
Feb 15
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Madison Murphy Barney
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