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Watchmen Gathering: One Week Later

An open letter to the Guardian Watchmen: This morning I woke up in my tent on the west beach of Calvert Island. Before I even opened my eyes, I was immersed in the sound of birdsong, wind in the alder trees, and the steady pounding of the surf on the long, curving shoreline. I crawled [...]

CGWN Gathering 2011

It’s 11:20 PM on Monday, May 30. I’m nestled in my tent on the west beach of Calvert Island, my clothes smelling like cigar smoke and driftwood fire, listening to the waves casting themselves ashore the same way they have since the time of our First Generation stories. I don’t blame the sea. Here, where [...]