Author: Peter Michael Bauer
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Tillicum Wawa Radio Interview
My friends Eugene and Shusli (along with Red Willow) did a pilot for their new radio show Tillicum Wawa on KBOO and in it they interviewed me and my friend Eric Bernando about our Chinuk Wawa classes. We talk a bit at the begining and more later on. Also on the show is Robert Miller,…
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“Free” vs. Rewilding
Now that I’ve decided to make my living from teaching rewilding skills, I find myself in a conundrum. How much money do I charge for my classes?
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Aliens Vs. Rewilding
I’ve had a couple people ask me lately if I “believe in aliens”.
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Reading Frenzy Book Reading
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Real Food and Resistance
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Thursday September 9th in Bend, OR. I will be speaking about tending the wild and rewilding at the Real Food and Sustainability Conference, opening for Lierre Keith and later sitting on a panel. Check out the website here: http://realfoodandresistance.wordpress.com/ — Wednesday September 15th, Portland OR. I’ll be doing a book reading at Reading Frenzy. ”…
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A Bone for Leslie
This week I made a bone awl for my friend Leslie who lives in North Carolina. I also worked on sharpening my knives but I can’t seem to get a super sharp edge no matter how many times I run the knife along the sharpener, nor the angle that I hold the knife. I don’t…
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MIND-READING BARISTA!?!
(Urban Scout circa 2001) I recently finished reading Muses, Madmen and Prophets: Rethinking the History, Science and Meaning of Auditory Hallucination. I really enjoyed this book. Both because it gave me a broader understanding of hearing voices, but also because it reminded me of so many experiences in my own life of hearing things.
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LOLscout
The internet feels rather lonely for a philosophical rewilder at the moment. The redirection of rewilding heavy hitters Jason Godesky and Willem Larsen into personal rewilding projects has seen a huge wealth of philosophy and the marketing of rewilding diminish. Rewild.info sits rather inactive even after switching back to its older, more familiar face. While…
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“Community” vs Rewilding
“How can we (rewild-minded folks) live INSIDE the system now, and in satisfying numbers, and create the community we need to, if not live outside the system for legit fear of getting murdered en masse, offer support to one another on a day-to-day level?”
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On Killing Animals, Insects & Plants
In the past couple of weeks I killed my first mammals.
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Cherry Plum Pickin’ & Raccoon Fleshin’
I missed a week of my Weekly Laundry list due to Echoes in Time and other busy things in my schedule, such as my training with the Portland Fruit Tree Project. You heard right, I signed up for their Harvest Leader position this year, which means I get to meet new people, learn a ton…