Monthly Archives: May 2012

Honoring the Gift of Food

We had a good selection of foods on May 29th in our ‘Honor the Gift of Food Class.’  Students brought fish soup, nettle chips and fiddlehead ferns.  We also sampled quinoa as an alternative grain and had some fresh local, … Continue reading

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Blessing of the Fleet at Swinomish: May 17, 2012

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Navajo poet visits Swinomish site

This week we were visited by Sherwin Bitsui for an afternoon discussion and reading.  You can find more information and his website here. He is a nationally famous poet that is in La Conner for the biennial Skagit River Poetry Festival.  … Continue reading

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April showers…bring May flowers

The May flowers are blooming at our site.  Here we see the Camas plants that have been in bloom this week at Swinomish.  It was a perfect time to be talking about flowers and flower parts in the Plant Biology class.  It was … Continue reading

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