Archive - Weeds, Wolves & Wild Women

Celebrate Wild Beauty

Apr 22 •

Vanessa Chakour

March 2024

On March 29th, 1998, eleven Mexican Gray Wolves were released from captivity to the Blue Range Recovery Area of Arizona and New Mexico to embark on a…

Mar 27 •

Vanessa Chakour

waking with the land

Mar 15 •

Vanessa Chakour

Plant ID through the wonder of our senses, not the glowing screens of our smartphones

Mar 6 •

Vanessa Chakour

February 2024

Taking Up Space

On love, an enlarged ecological self and a cat who seems to grow taller every day

Feb 23 •

Vanessa Chakour

Poetry Without End

I am a slow reader. For me, reading is a somatic experience so it can take me a while to digest poetry, prose, and news. While I stay informed, I refuse…

Feb 11 •

Vanessa Chakour

I Won't Buy Myself Flowers

And please don't buy them for me either, my love....

Feb 9 •

Vanessa Chakour

January 2024

Reasons to howl

Jan 26 •

Vanessa Chakour

Is It Avoidance Or A Desire To Fully Live?

Sorting Out New Year's Intentions

Jan 7 •

Vanessa Chakour

December 2023

Thank you for being here

Dec 31, 2023 •

Vanessa Chakour

Into The Darkness

A case for more inward descent, more introspection, more time to unplug and reckon with our shadows

Dec 22, 2023 •

Vanessa Chakour

Winter Solstice

An invitation to go within

Dec 20, 2023 •

Vanessa Chakour

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