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Excited (and a bit terrified) to share this deeply personal essay published at the wonderful at Terrain.org<\/a> today. I know I am not the only one whose heart drowned in the the story of Tahlequah, the #KillerWhale<\/a> who pushed the body of her dead baby for 17 days in a \u201ctour of grief.\u201d In this essay I look deeper into her story, my own, and the terrifying parallels (for the planet) in between. I hope you\u2019ll read it (and if compelled, re-share, as it\u2019s an excerpt from my book of essays that goes on submission this winter). Gratitude to my lovely mentors BK Loren and Kate Moses for their help shaping the piece, and to Ellie Sawyer for the gorgeous images of my favorite pod of #orcas<\/a>\u2026except that I desperately love them all equally. ❤️\u00a0 #tahlequah<\/a>\u00a0#salishsea<\/a>\u00a0#jpod<\/a>\u00a0#southernresidents<\/a><\/p>\n

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Excited (and a bit terrified) to share this deeply personal essay published at the wonderful at Terrain.org today. I know I am not the only one whose heart drowned in the the story of Tahlequah,… <\/p>\n

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