Anna Brach
@redwoodeden.bsky.social
Native Oregonian, nature lover, animal lover, dog and human mom, Gen X, educator, Buddhist.
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These Raccoons are having the time of their lives! 😂😂
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
These Raccoons are having the time of their lives! 😂😂
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"If you can’t stand up for what’s good and right, and you’re too scared, you need to pass on the baton. Pass the torch. Put down the Dharma-teacher role and let other people who are ready and willing take it up."
"Anger that is motivated by compassion or a desire to correct social injustice, and does not seek to harm the other person, is a good anger that is worth having." – The Dalai Lama
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Is the Insight Tradition Complicit in Genocide?
Dharma without courage becomes complicity
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"If you can’t stand up for what’s good and right, and you’re too scared, you need to pass on the baton. Pass the torch. Put down the Dharma-teacher role and let other people who are ready and willing take it up."
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‘End of SNAP Benefits Could Be Good for Business,’ Says Owner of Torch & Pitchfork Emporium: tinyurl.com/48mw8sr6
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
‘End of SNAP Benefits Could Be Good for Business,’ Says Owner of Torch & Pitchfork Emporium: tinyurl.com/48mw8sr6
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This #sunlit Pine Warbler is today’s #BirdOfTheDay. They don’t come around here much, so it was a real treat to see this one.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This #sunlit Pine Warbler is today’s #BirdOfTheDay. They don’t come around here much, so it was a real treat to see this one.
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Micro Meditation (Mantra)
So Ham - “I am,” as in “I am THAT” — pronounced as “so hum…”
Say it out loud, then internalize it, repeating “so ham”
Do not focus on breath. When attention wanders, gently bring attention back to the mantra.
Try it for 3 minutes.
So Ham - “I am,” as in “I am THAT” — pronounced as “so hum…”
Say it out loud, then internalize it, repeating “so ham”
Do not focus on breath. When attention wanders, gently bring attention back to the mantra.
Try it for 3 minutes.
October 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Micro Meditation (Mantra)
So Ham - “I am,” as in “I am THAT” — pronounced as “so hum…”
Say it out loud, then internalize it, repeating “so ham”
Do not focus on breath. When attention wanders, gently bring attention back to the mantra.
Try it for 3 minutes.
So Ham - “I am,” as in “I am THAT” — pronounced as “so hum…”
Say it out loud, then internalize it, repeating “so ham”
Do not focus on breath. When attention wanders, gently bring attention back to the mantra.
Try it for 3 minutes.
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Caturday
Baby Smelly Cat Stomps
Baby Smelly Cat Stomps
August 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Caturday
Baby Smelly Cat Stomps
Baby Smelly Cat Stomps
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About an hour ago in the White Mts, AZ. Please bear with me while I get the window down! 57 degrees and rain!
August 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
About an hour ago in the White Mts, AZ. Please bear with me while I get the window down! 57 degrees and rain!
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“Our systems are grasping, refusing to acknowledge the inevitable. Once we accept death, we can make conscious choices about how we want to accompany it.”
-Kazu Haga
oneearthsangha.org/articles/dea...
-Kazu Haga
oneearthsangha.org/articles/dea...
Death Doula to a Dying Empire • Kazu Haga
What beginnings might we meet for the choice to compassionately accompany systems, cultures, and worldviews to their end? 🌏
oneearthsangha.org
August 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“Our systems are grasping, refusing to acknowledge the inevitable. Once we accept death, we can make conscious choices about how we want to accompany it.”
-Kazu Haga
oneearthsangha.org/articles/dea...
-Kazu Haga
oneearthsangha.org/articles/dea...
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Got to see these little guys making their way into the ocean this morning! 🐢 #seaturtles #conservation #beach #nature #miamibeach
August 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Got to see these little guys making their way into the ocean this morning! 🐢 #seaturtles #conservation #beach #nature #miamibeach
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I will never forget that when fascism gripped the United States of America, the Democrats™... attacked Mamdani.
August 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I will never forget that when fascism gripped the United States of America, the Democrats™... attacked Mamdani.
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Overcast skies? Find a hummingbird… male Costa’s 🪶☀️🌵
August 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Overcast skies? Find a hummingbird… male Costa’s 🪶☀️🌵
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This is Mii. She was caught mid-escape. Luckily she has a get out of jail free card, which is her face. 12/10 (IG: sea.mie0731)
July 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is Mii. She was caught mid-escape. Luckily she has a get out of jail free card, which is her face. 12/10 (IG: sea.mie0731)
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_matatini_
Mata🤘
"Here’s a look back at a timeless moment when a curious whale calf danced in front of us.
When Mother Nature chooses you, everything becomes different...⏳🔮"
Mata🤘
"Here’s a look back at a timeless moment when a curious whale calf danced in front of us.
When Mother Nature chooses you, everything becomes different...⏳🔮"
July 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
_matatini_
Mata🤘
"Here’s a look back at a timeless moment when a curious whale calf danced in front of us.
When Mother Nature chooses you, everything becomes different...⏳🔮"
Mata🤘
"Here’s a look back at a timeless moment when a curious whale calf danced in front of us.
When Mother Nature chooses you, everything becomes different...⏳🔮"
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The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.
July 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.
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"As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize our lives are good enough, happiness immediately appears. That is the practice of contentment."
- Thich Nhat Hanh
#happiness #contentment #mindfulness #schnauzer #dogsofbluesky #dog
- Thich Nhat Hanh
#happiness #contentment #mindfulness #schnauzer #dogsofbluesky #dog
July 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
"As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize our lives are good enough, happiness immediately appears. That is the practice of contentment."
- Thich Nhat Hanh
#happiness #contentment #mindfulness #schnauzer #dogsofbluesky #dog
- Thich Nhat Hanh
#happiness #contentment #mindfulness #schnauzer #dogsofbluesky #dog
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I love animals! 💃😸
July 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I love animals! 💃😸
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Nature’s masterpiece! Behold the beautiful Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
July 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Nature’s masterpiece! Behold the beautiful Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
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Velvet-purple Coronet, sticking its tongue out at me. At @montezumalodge.bsky.social #Colombia
#birds #hummingbirds
#birds #hummingbirds
July 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Velvet-purple Coronet, sticking its tongue out at me. At @montezumalodge.bsky.social #Colombia
#birds #hummingbirds
#birds #hummingbirds
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Research shows rain gardens are remarkably effective at capturing runoff.
When San Francisco installed 30 new rain gardens along a 12-block strip in the city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, the corridor reduced the amount of stormwater entering the sewer by 95 percent for the area.
When San Francisco installed 30 new rain gardens along a 12-block strip in the city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, the corridor reduced the amount of stormwater entering the sewer by 95 percent for the area.
Heavier storms are here. Rain gardens can help.
At the most basic level, they function like sponges.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Research shows rain gardens are remarkably effective at capturing runoff.
When San Francisco installed 30 new rain gardens along a 12-block strip in the city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, the corridor reduced the amount of stormwater entering the sewer by 95 percent for the area.
When San Francisco installed 30 new rain gardens along a 12-block strip in the city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, the corridor reduced the amount of stormwater entering the sewer by 95 percent for the area.
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Filmed across Indigenous lands from the Arctic to the Amazon, this moving documentary shares the ancestral songs of 13 communities healing from the trauma of colonization and ecological destruction.
July 10 6PM Eastern Time
buff.ly/M7Fv96h
July 10 6PM Eastern Time
buff.ly/M7Fv96h
July 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Filmed across Indigenous lands from the Arctic to the Amazon, this moving documentary shares the ancestral songs of 13 communities healing from the trauma of colonization and ecological destruction.
July 10 6PM Eastern Time
buff.ly/M7Fv96h
July 10 6PM Eastern Time
buff.ly/M7Fv96h