I’m Explaining a Few Things You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs? and the poppy-petalled metaphysics? and the rain repeatedly spattering its words and drilling them full of apertures and birds? I’ll tell you all the news. I lived in a suburb, a suburb of Madrid, with bells, and clocks, and trees. [...]

Excerpts from ‘Neither Wolf Nor Dog’ by Kent Nerburn “Write what you see and write what you hear. You are a keeper of the fire. Keepers of the fire cannot be cowards. They are carrying light.” “People should think of their words like seeds. They should plant them, then let them grow in silence… I [...]

an excerpt from a recent essay by derrick jensen found in orion magazine: So where does writing fit in? Far too many of us have forgotten, or never knew, that words can be used as weapons in service of our communities. Far too many of us have forgotten, or never knew, that words should be [...]

the infamous winter gathering celebrated its 8th year! there were 89 people who showed up, 13 of which were feral children. and we can’t forget the 7 dogs who kept the whole thing interesting. we had a great time hiking around in the snow, gathering cambium, eating, enjoying the music (thanks to all who performed in the open [...]

What my father said to me was rather different and I did not understand much except that he was very moved and glowing inside, as it were, with a sort of quivering, uneasy joy like a fire that asks only a breath of wind to cause it to burst into flame. He talked to me [...]

we have a number of wild food gatherings coming up… if you want to know about them, email theillalogicalspoon@gmail.com to get on the mailing list! live wild!!!!!!

recently a bunch of us attended the Great Lakes Traditional Arts Gathering on Drummond Island, MI up in Lake Huron. It was put on by the Great Lakes Lifeways Institute (http://lifewaysinstitute.org) the land was incredibly beautiful and wild and so was our time there. we learned a lot, like: how to make cedar bark foraging baskets, how [...]

here’s a somewhat-official posting of our 2011 EP: http://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/ though we are still accepting donations for it, so if you’d like to support us in any way, let us know. email theillalogicalspoon@gmail.com  

tonight, June 9,  we’re doing a benefit show to help support prisoners who acted in resistance against the destruction of the Earth, as part of the International Day of Solidarity with Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners, which is June 11. People are taking part in this all around the world. here’s some more info. take part! http://www.june11.org/ [...]