kirsten | Abies

June 27, 2016 / kirsten / Biophiliac's Guide

The Biophiliac’s Guide to Modern Life: Tip #1

Tip #1: Start where you are Full disclosure: I’m not–and never will be–the sort of…

June 24, 2016 / kirsten / Garden

In my ongoing effort to complicate, er, enrich my life by figuring out how to…

June 2, 2016 / kirsten / Foraging

In her delightful cookbook Shroom, Becky Selengut describes foragers as “a secretive and paranoid lot.” You…

May 22, 2016 / kirsten / Canoe

Over the Labor Day 2015 weekend, my husband and I finally launched the 18-foot cedar-strip…

May 10, 2016 / kirsten / California

Redwoods were my first tree love. Partly because they’re, well, gorgeous and partly because I…

April 6, 2016 / kirsten / Hiking

One of my pet projects has long been stimulating appreciation for the, ahem, lesser known…

December 22, 2015 / kirsten / Hiking

Let’s get the bad out of the way first: These boots are heavy and stiff…

September 23, 2015 / kirsten / British Columbia

One of the wonderful yet deeply weird aspects of life in Bellingham is that you…

September 10, 2015 / kirsten / British Columbia

From various vantage points around Bellingham, it’s tough to distinguish the profile of Vancouver Island…

September 8, 2015 / kirsten / Hiking

Every summer since we moved to Washington my husband and I have hiked Hurricane Ridge…