Marilyn DuHamel
Elemental Theater
I’m a weather watcher. Always have been. If there’s a lightning storm, I look for the safest front row seat. If there’s a hard rain, I go...
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Earth Dialogues
Marilyn DuHamel
Essays are written by Marilyn DuHamel for Earth Dialogues in hopes of increasing connection with the natural world and heightening awareness of endangered wildlife and habitat. In keeping with this goal, feel free to share these essays through social media by clicking the three vertical dots at the top of each posting.
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Marilyn DuHamel
Jan 15, 20234 min read
Review: Bewilderness: Reality Fiction Bred While Working in Animal Shelters
Though I am not typically inclined to make absolute statements, I think I can pretty much guarantee that you have never read a book quite...
Marilyn DuHamel
Nov 17, 20227 min read
Who Is Kathy Shoopman?
Who is Kathy Shoopman? I guess I need to say who was Kathy Shoopman, because she died in the 2022 McKinney Fire near the...
Marilyn DuHamel
Jun 3, 20227 min read
Beguiled
Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet. Paul Klee, Swiss Painter Colors make me happy. Ridiculously so. I can almost...
Marilyn DuHamel
Oct 20, 20218 min read
Feeders
Is there anything you think about every single day? And if that thought isn’t carried by joy, but by impending loss, or fear of loss, do...
Marilyn DuHamel
May 8, 20219 min read
Common Ground
I am remembering my routine two springs back, before the Pandemic changed everything, when I was volunteering at Native Animal Rescue.
Marilyn DuHamel
Mar 14, 20217 min read
Wild Village
We all have our morning routines. My day begins with opening the blinds, curious to see if there are blue skies or if the forested low...
Marilyn DuHamel
Dec 6, 20208 min read
Fire Series #3 - Returning: Renewal of Vows
I’m home. I’m home. Let me say it one more time. I am home. Late afternoon Sunday, August 30th, the words I had tried to will into...
Marilyn DuHamel
Oct 25, 20209 min read
Fire Series #2: My Greater Skin
IT'S AUGUST 18TH, YET ANOTHER day well over a hundred degrees. As the sun begins to lower in the sky, my dog Benny and I are finally able to
Marilyn DuHamel
Sep 20, 20206 min read
Fire Series #1: Lit Up
This is the first of several pieces that have emerged from my experiences living through the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in the Santa Cruz...
Marilyn DuHamel
Jul 26, 20203 min read
Wish You Were Here
A postcard arrives, with an alluring mountain scene by my favorite woodcut artist, Tom Killion. I prop it against the fruit bowl to bring th
Marilyn DuHamel
Jun 28, 20206 min read
That Which I See
As I leave the parking lot, one hundred metallic eyes greet me. I walk over for a look at the sculpture by Jenny Kendler, Birds Watching.
Marilyn DuHamel
Jun 21, 20203 min read
Neighbors: Fox Pays a Visit
Given Sheltering in Place, I envision a Neighbor Series - brief snapshots about the other-than-human-beings that share space with me....
Marilyn DuHamel
May 10, 20208 min read
Introducing Benny
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU look...
Marilyn DuHamel
Feb 28, 20204 min read
Illumination
I’m bundled up on my deck as I drink dark smoky tea, contentedly tracking the activity of juncos, chickadees and warblers visiting the...
Marilyn DuHamel
Jan 25, 20206 min read
Trapped
Deena Metzger’s poem, “Rats,” is an ode, an apology and an elegy to a rat that was wounded, but not killed, by a spring trap she set in...
Marilyn DuHamel
Dec 28, 20195 min read
Migrations
I pinch myself. I really am in Tanzania, a stone’s throw from wild elephants sheltering their young between trunk-like legs and giraffes...
Marilyn DuHamel
Nov 30, 20193 min read
Screen Door
Bang! The screen door slams shut, quivers, finally nestles back into the doorframe. The barefoot girl is already halfway down the...
Marilyn DuHamel
Nov 30, 20191 min read
Wayfinder Review: Coyote Wind
If, like me, you can never get enough of coyote - the flesh and blood canine or the mythological trickster - you might want to dip into...
Marilyn DuHamel
Nov 3, 20195 min read
Small Wild
I am surrounded by many wild creatures, mostly small, mostly young. This is why I volunteer for Native Animal Rescue - I get to tend...
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