Tag: confluence
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Confluence

I recently spent an afternoon in the sparse conifer woods and grasslands of northern Arizona — north of the Juniper Mountains, west of the Sycamore Wilderness, at the confluence of the Verde River, Bear Canyon, and Hell Canyon. At about 4,000 ft above sea level, the base of the canyon is, in April, a welcome…
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A Confluence of Learning: Ecology, Democracy, and Education

Landscapes are always in flux, adaptable, and resilient, and unreservedly open to the world, as democracies must also be. Although I often find the solace of inner spaces seductive — the close focus, isolation and quiet a welcome respite from a fraught world, I’ve found more recently that letting go is also core to building…