“This music isn’t even music. It’s a poem... It’s in all of the rituals and celebrations, all the family gatherings. Music has been and always will be present.”

For a long time after I stopped living at the entry of a monarch butterfly sanctuary and working in monarch conservation, I stayed silent on the subject. I slowed down,…

When I heard about Darlene's Burgess’s death, my day went wonky. Suddenly, the only thing I could do was work on creating a eulogy for her.