Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

I’m back here for just a little minute, cooling my heels while I wait to see how the trip to LA will pan out.
Upon my return, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Oakland kids have started dumpster diving in earnest! The freezer is full of ground turkey; there’s produce and fresh bread; and [...]

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The land out here is not entirely welcoming. As it should be: this area is nearly pristine, not a place you want to share. Those who live here suit themselves in spines, and rub elbows rarely.
Jon has been here for ten years, and has seen some things; he left word that we weren’t [...]

No two ways about it, good firewood is the most important thing you can have up here. When it gets down to 20 degrees each night and never fully thaws during the day, even a well-built house doesn’t keep you warm— and few things are more frustrating than spending three hours trying to nurse a [...]

That’s a photo that Face took of the cabin we’re staying in. As you can see, there’s not a lot out here. Just about nothing, actually. This cabin is up in the wilds of BFE, a fair piece off Route 96 on a mostly-deserted mountain. A small group of white people have settled up here [...]

As you leave the Bay Area on the 101N, the colors change. Grey, blue, and pink are replaced by brown, green, and orange. Trees spring up and grow straighter; oak limbs drip with foam-green lichen. Rusted-out school buses and abandoned RVs pop up in front yards; hillsides cave and slide. It’s wetter up here, darker… [...]

Hey, I know this is totally off-topic, but it’s got to be said: America has a new president, and I couldn’t be happier.

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In honor of the occasion, we had us a party. It started with a mock election: everyone voted via secret ballot. After two rounds of voting, candidates from the Slumber Party, [...]

I’m headed out this evening to the first night of the Wild & Scenic Festival. Somehow, over the past few years, I missed out on hearing that this is now the largest environmental film festival in the US— and it’s right in my backyard!

My time at Dandelion Farm is coming to a close, but the work here keeps on going. In fact, a whole new phase of development is just getting started.

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For the past 30 years, Loren and Candace Stolley have developed their little slice of Northern California into a beautiful organic and sustainable farm. But, [...]