PNW Willamette National Forest

a lil bit of PNW heaven

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are Little People encounters and pronounced yuhwee jhoonahstee-ee dahnahtlawskah

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Once a hunter found tracks in the snow like the tracks of little children. He wondered how they could have

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is remembering and pronounced ahnuhdahdeeski

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Justice for Epstein Survivors: Demand the Transparent Disclosure of the Epstein Files

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All you Alt folks...that keep us informed about what is really going on. and mostly the same things you are grateful for! And nature...always grateful to the planet...because we wouldn't be here with out her.

Despite all the ridiculousness going on in the world, we are grateful for many things, including but not limited to:

✅ warm socks
✅ floofy friends
✅ humans who understand us, mostly
✅ waking up without an alarm
✅ inspiration and laughs we get from all of you each day.

What are you grateful for?

New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is walnut and pronounced saydee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

In Cherokee practice, pounded walnut bark was thrown into small streams to stupefy the fish, so that

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is tradition and pronounced kahnaw-hayluh-hee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. "kahnaw-hayluh-hee"

Hume's Leaf Warbler was showing and calling well at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are become wise and pronounced ahkataw huhskah

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Disgusted to hear of the targeted shooting of National Guard members in DC today. All Americans should unite in condemning and rejecting this violence. Sending prayers to these victims and their families, and thankful to the responders who acted so quickly.

If you want a sense of how far the surveillance state has expanded inside the United States, look at what federal authorities are doing on our highways.

breaking: farm workers sue Trump admin to save American farm jobs and wages

NEWS: We just filed a lawsuit against the Trump wage cut rule, which effectively expands the H2A guest worker program, and undercuts the jobs and wages of American workers.

Farm workers deserve fair wages and job security, not a race to the bottom.

read more: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is dance and pronounced ahlahskeedah

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Every sacred dance and religious rite, as well as almost every important detail of Cherokee ceremonial, is

A quick reminder about tomorrow! Thank you to everyone who’s shown up over the last two days to lobby Congress! Let’s keep it going!

State Supreme Court Diversity - November 2025 Update Many state supreme courts lack diversity in terms of their justices’ race, ethnicity, gender, and professional background. 

State courts handle about 96% of all cases, yet many state supreme court benches still fail to reflect the diversity of the populations they serve. Justices of color hold just 21% of state high court seats, despite making up more than 37% of the population. bit.ly/3JW6lN6

Tell Home Depot: Stop cooperating with ICE! Home Depot locations have recently been the site of cruel ICE raids and roundups, targeting day laborers who are just trying to work. In August, Carlos Roberto Montoya, a native of Guatemala, was str...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...

Americans deserve affordable home insurance Fed up with skyrocketing home insurance rates? Demand home insurance companies adopt basic protections for all policyholders. Take action by signing Consumer Reports’ petition today.

Skyrocketing rates, dropped policies, and unpaid claims. The home insurance market isn’t working for consumers, and it’s time for that to change. Sign CR’s petition urging insurers to adopt the Homeowners Insurance Bill of Rights.

Buddha’s teaching invites us to see things as they are, not as we wish them to be. It encourages us to sit quietly and investigate the reality of suffering, impermanence, and not-self, and to cultivate the wisdom to let go.

Night night everyone.

Congrats Dr. Roach, a huge accomplishment! Time for celebrations!

The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools

From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...

Oh my.

James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.

Get this man in the Senate.

Photo of the sun dipping behind clouds at sunset over the Pacific Ocean

Snuck up to La Cumbre Peak for the sunset tonight and was not disappointed! #Photography #Santabarbara #sunset

The Trump administration announced new efforts today to roll back key parts of the Endangered Species Act, aiming to reinstate changes from his first term that were previously halted by a federal court.

Administration Revises Endangered Species Act Regulations to Strengthen Certainty, Reduce Burdens and Uphold the Law | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced four proposed rules to restore Endangered Species Act regulations to their proven 2019 and 2020 framework. ...

This regime supports energy over wildlife. That is, they promote corporations and sacrifice conservation to do so.

Look for: consideration of economic impacts and national security.

Take home: wildlife and conservation issues will be ignored if big oil, coal, or “national security” concerns exist.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is bwlieve and pronounced oowah-heeyooh

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

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