Earthfire Stories

Huckleberry Bear Bear • Photo by Michael Stillwater

Baby chipmunk being fed with a syringe by a wildlife rehabilitator

Chipette

She came to us tiny, cold, and limp, a baby chipmunk barely a few weeks old. Prospects didn’t seem good. But it is amazing what warmth and tiny doses of Pedialyte can do. Within a day she was eating well, and very soon thriving. She grew. She grew plump. We

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Red ant on a leaf

A Conversation With an Ant

Yesterday, I had a conversation with an ant. A tiny little red one. Well, maybe it wasn’t a conversation, as it was sort of one-way, but I enjoyed it. Most of it was nonverbal—an appreciation and admiration of its strength and persistence. The sink was full of them—excited, industrious, and

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Bare feet of woman standing barefoot outdoors in nature

Storytelling Circle Update

On June 13th, we held our quarterly Storytelling Circle with a virtual group of local and international storytellers and Earthfire supporters. The conversation exceeded expectations for what is possible when a group of nature-loving people come together to share and listen with an open heart. Participants brought stories of connecting

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Construction for new bear gardens at Earthfire Institute

Bear Gardens Update

We are a little over a month into construction on two new Bear Gardens, and so far our bears seem to be coping with the noise quite well—especially when we explain that all of the commotion is for them. The new gardens are a big project, especially because we live

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White bison grazing in a pasture with two horses, with the Teton mountain range in the background

A Love Song to the Land

The part of our Earth that Earthfire calls home spoke to Jean and myself as soon as we saw it. There was something about it, hard to express… It felt like a strength of being. Was it the unusually vivid awareness of the bedrock upon which we stood, the solid

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Brown bear playing in a pond

The Bears Are Awake!

When the bears wake up, it is a wondrous occasion. The land begins to pulse with their powerful presence. They emerge slowly, tentatively—is it time yet? A nose. Sleepy little eyes. Fuzzy ears. One front leg reaches out of the den entrance. Another. Slowly, the front of the body emerges.

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Baby chipmunk being fed with a syringe by a wildlife rehabilitator

Chipette

She came to us tiny, cold, and limp, a baby chipmunk barely a few weeks old. Prospects didn’t seem good. But it is amazing what warmth and tiny doses of Pedialyte can do. Within a day she was eating well, and very soon thriving. She grew. She grew plump. We

Read More
Red ant on a leaf

A Conversation With an Ant

Yesterday, I had a conversation with an ant. A tiny little red one. Well, maybe it wasn’t a conversation, as it was sort of one-way, but I enjoyed it. Most of it was nonverbal—an appreciation and admiration of its strength and persistence. The sink was full of them—excited, industrious, and

Read More
Bare feet of woman standing barefoot outdoors in nature

Storytelling Circle Update

On June 13th, we held our quarterly Storytelling Circle with a virtual group of local and international storytellers and Earthfire supporters. The conversation exceeded expectations for what is possible when a group of nature-loving people come together to share and listen with an open heart. Participants brought stories of connecting

Read More
Construction for new bear gardens at Earthfire Institute

Bear Gardens Update

We are a little over a month into construction on two new Bear Gardens, and so far our bears seem to be coping with the noise quite well—especially when we explain that all of the commotion is for them. The new gardens are a big project, especially because we live

Read More
White bison grazing in a pasture with two horses, with the Teton mountain range in the background

A Love Song to the Land

The part of our Earth that Earthfire calls home spoke to Jean and myself as soon as we saw it. There was something about it, hard to express… It felt like a strength of being. Was it the unusually vivid awareness of the bedrock upon which we stood, the solid

Read More
Brown bear playing in a pond

The Bears Are Awake!

When the bears wake up, it is a wondrous occasion. The land begins to pulse with their powerful presence. They emerge slowly, tentatively—is it time yet? A nose. Sleepy little eyes. Fuzzy ears. One front leg reaches out of the den entrance. Another. Slowly, the front of the body emerges.

Read More

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