Events

When I was a fish
When I was a fish

A reading / talk based on my essay of the same name at the "Salmon Commons" panel at the 2023 Association for the Study of Literature and the Environmnet (ASLE) and Association for Envrionmental Studies and Sciences.

soul*drift at Empty Bowls benefit
soul*drift at Empty Bowls benefit

soul*drift will play Saturday, June 17th, at Empty Bowls benefit at Boundary Bay Brewery. A $20 ticket gets you a handmade ceramic bowl, soup, and bread. Proceeds from dinner and the silent auction go towards feeding hungry people in our community.

“Praying” excerpts & more
“Praying” excerpts & more

Terrain.org and Simmons Buntin create beautiful community. This reading was moderated by poet Derek Sheffield, and featured CMarie Fuhrman, Chris Dombroski, and me. I'm first up, talking a little and reading short excerpts from "You might think we're praying."...

Back home: Lummi Artists on Lummi Island
Back home: Lummi Artists on Lummi Island

“Everything has a message, a story,” explains Cyaltsa Finkbonner, also known as Creative Cuzzin, of her work, much of which is about our endangered killer whales and salmon, the ocean, and the power of blessings and prayer. “Art brings forth the teachings of the...

soul*drift & Swil Kanim
soul*drift & Swil Kanim

soul*drift performed at an arts event designed to bring Lummi people and culture back to Lummi Island, which is not only ancestral territory, but was also part of the original negotiated reservation land. Thank you to Swil Kanim and all the visual artists who...

Delicious songs
Delicious songs

Big fun in my life right now is playing music with Nate, Michael, Johnny, and Phil. We are 2 ukes, a guilar, a banjo, a bunch of voices, and sometimes a musical saw, and we'll be sharing beautifully written songs from Emmylou Harris, Foo Fighters, Johnny Cash, Neil...

The Salt Fields
The Salt Fields

Talking with Stacy D. Flood I'm delighted to be in conversation with author Stacy D Flood about his brilliant novella The Salt Fields as part of the Chuckanut Radio Hour on Thursday, May 26.