@jenniferruthkeller.bsky.social
Essayist writing at the precipice of exposure.
Forest Bathing Guide (ANFT certified)
Nature retreats (@Morning Altars)
www.jenniferruthkeller.com
www.ordinarynature.earth
Precipice & Cusp:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jenniferruthkeller
Forest Bathing Guide (ANFT certified)
Nature retreats (@Morning Altars)
www.jenniferruthkeller.com
www.ordinarynature.earth
Precipice & Cusp:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jenniferruthkeller
things are so terrible politically I did something as a random act of hope that I never in a million years thought I’d do — adopt a cat. Adopt 2 cats! It is, somehow, an act of believing in a different order of value and possibility.
July 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
things are so terrible politically I did something as a random act of hope that I never in a million years thought I’d do — adopt a cat. Adopt 2 cats! It is, somehow, an act of believing in a different order of value and possibility.
Reposted
Pregnant physician is denied covid vaccine... she suing RFK, Jr and entire Trump administration.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Pregnant doctor denied Covid-19 vaccine sues Trump administration
Lawsuit takes aim at RFK Jr’s decision to advise against Covid vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Pregnant physician is denied covid vaccine... she suing RFK, Jr and entire Trump administration.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I keep thinking about how Gov Abbott had plenty of funds to fly and bus migrants all across the country but couldn't come up with a million for a flood warning system.
July 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I keep thinking about how Gov Abbott had plenty of funds to fly and bus migrants all across the country but couldn't come up with a million for a flood warning system.
Bookshop.org anti-Prime-Day free shipping July 8-11!!!!
July 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Bookshop.org anti-Prime-Day free shipping July 8-11!!!!
This week's Nature Newsletter is out in time for the weekend with ideas of simple ways to connect with nature through color, texture, and pattern. Enjoy!
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Nature Connection
through color, texture, & pattern
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June 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This week's Nature Newsletter is out in time for the weekend with ideas of simple ways to connect with nature through color, texture, and pattern. Enjoy!
jennifers-newsletter-2ce26a.beehiiv.com/p/nature-con...
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I watched first 3 new episodes last night. Season4:2 just slayed me. So good. Subtle and raw, ordinary glimpses of human hearts in motion, exposed. Highly recommend.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The Bear season four review – finally becoming the show it was always destined to be
It’s outgrown the ‘Yes, chef!’ rages and screaming matches in the pantry and morphed into something more tender, beautiful – and endlessly moving. Let the happy tears flow
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I watched first 3 new episodes last night. Season4:2 just slayed me. So good. Subtle and raw, ordinary glimpses of human hearts in motion, exposed. Highly recommend.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
I’m hoping this story is true and an actual win for the non-1% in the insane landscape the super-wealthy believe they’re entitled to buy.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bezos wedding: Venice protestors claim 'enormous victory' after venue change
No Space for Bezos activist group tells BBC they are "very proud of this".
www.bbc.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I’m hoping this story is true and an actual win for the non-1% in the insane landscape the super-wealthy believe they’re entitled to buy.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“A different newsletter platform isn’t all I want, because newsletters aren’t the answer to a disintegrating media ecosphere. We need a world where a social safety net protects risky writing.… We don’t need better tools as much as we need each other.” Ana Marie Cox tells it straight.
Substack Did Not See That Coming
Let’s set Substack’s “Nazi problem” aside for a moment. What if the bigger issue is being stranded on a collapsing platform... with a bunch of Nazis?...
newsletter.anamariecox.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“A different newsletter platform isn’t all I want, because newsletters aren’t the answer to a disintegrating media ecosphere. We need a world where a social safety net protects risky writing.… We don’t need better tools as much as we need each other.” Ana Marie Cox tells it straight.
I used to live near Manzanar so this particular erasure is especially tangible…the site is staggering, a place as important as Statue of Liberty in terms of the story we tell about the U.S.
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Signs to police 'negative' history went up at Manzanar. Historians are nervous.
"It sends a pretty clear message that your story is not welcome here."
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June 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I used to live near Manzanar so this particular erasure is especially tangible…the site is staggering, a place as important as Statue of Liberty in terms of the story we tell about the U.S.
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
I live in eastern WA wine country and this story from OR wine country is yet another staggering example of how ag labor in the U.S. is dehumanized and targeted. Without the efforts and skill of immigrant ag workers there is no wine and beer industry in the PNW.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry
Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected fixture detained outside church
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I live in eastern WA wine country and this story from OR wine country is yet another staggering example of how ag labor in the U.S. is dehumanized and targeted. Without the efforts and skill of immigrant ag workers there is no wine and beer industry in the PNW.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Feeling like life right now is the spider webs suspended between the tree and the boulder. And in-person gatherings and artistic creation are the tree and the boulder.
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Feeling like life right now is the spider webs suspended between the tree and the boulder. And in-person gatherings and artistic creation are the tree and the boulder.
Tri Cities WA turns out again in red eastern WA and also of note: the local paper is crediting the numbers and acknowledging what’s happening
www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/a...
www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/a...
See photos from ‘No Kings’ rally in Tri-Cities as thousands join nationwide protests
“I really do feel like this is about democracy.”
www.tri-cityherald.com
June 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Tri Cities WA turns out again in red eastern WA and also of note: the local paper is crediting the numbers and acknowledging what’s happening
www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/a...
www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/a...
so much to keep track and this is one story (where I live) that can’t fall through the cracks - also relevant as we approach 25th anniversary of Hanford Reach Natl Monument and 80th of Nagasaki/Hiroshima (river water used to make plutonium for the bomb)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump pulls US from plan to recover salmon population, calling it ‘radical’
Groups say president ‘grievously wrong’ after withdrawing from Biden-led deal to protect fish in Pacific north-west
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
so much to keep track and this is one story (where I live) that can’t fall through the cracks - also relevant as we approach 25th anniversary of Hanford Reach Natl Monument and 80th of Nagasaki/Hiroshima (river water used to make plutonium for the bomb)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A few titles you can hold in your hands this summer in the woods, at the park, on the beach. Place-rich, tree-rich. Each unique. Erhlich-Roy-Hesse.
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June Book Recs!
some gems for your backpack & beach bag
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A few titles you can hold in your hands this summer in the woods, at the park, on the beach. Place-rich, tree-rich. Each unique. Erhlich-Roy-Hesse.
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
nature altar from this morning’s workshop - tactile meditation - biodegradable art
June 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
nature altar from this morning’s workshop - tactile meditation - biodegradable art
color extravaganza in eastern WA keeps going
June 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
color extravaganza in eastern WA keeps going
“The Americans "begin acting as if their role is to negotiate for us the softest possible terms of surrender," the government official told Svyatoslav Khomenko.
"And then they're offended when we don't thank them. But of course we don't – because we don't believe we've been defeated."”
"And then they're offended when we don't thank them. But of course we don't – because we don't believe we've been defeated."”
Ukraine's audacious drone attack sends critical message to Russia - and the West
The BBC's Paul Adams reflects on the impact of Ukraine's major drone attack on Russian bombers.
www.bbc.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
“The Americans "begin acting as if their role is to negotiate for us the softest possible terms of surrender," the government official told Svyatoslav Khomenko.
"And then they're offended when we don't thank them. But of course we don't – because we don't believe we've been defeated."”
"And then they're offended when we don't thank them. But of course we don't – because we don't believe we've been defeated."”
the only way I’m getting through this six-day head cold is looking at flowers to forget for a few minutes the snot fog in my skull
May 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
the only way I’m getting through this six-day head cold is looking at flowers to forget for a few minutes the snot fog in my skull
is there anything more annoying than a massive head cold in late spring? (setting aside the spectacle of wh press briefings, which go way beyond annoying, into some other abyss)
May 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
is there anything more annoying than a massive head cold in late spring? (setting aside the spectacle of wh press briefings, which go way beyond annoying, into some other abyss)
box kite afternoon
May 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
box kite afternoon
I live next to Hanford Site;
my spouse is a chemist at the site. One of the most messed up, still beautiful, places on earth.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
my spouse is a chemist at the site. One of the most messed up, still beautiful, places on earth.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The US buried millions of gallons of wartime nuclear waste – Doge cuts could wreck the cleanup
Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I live next to Hanford Site;
my spouse is a chemist at the site. One of the most messed up, still beautiful, places on earth.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
my spouse is a chemist at the site. One of the most messed up, still beautiful, places on earth.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...