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Snow lingers still- but evidence of spring bursts through Avalanche Lily - "First Flower" by T. Wildy

Help us celebrate National Poetry Month and National Park Week by reflecting on Mount Rainier National Park and creating your own haiku! Haiku poems originated in Japan in the 17th century and consist of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. Traditionally, haiku poems do not rhyme, however your haiku is a celebration of your creativity! Where will it take you? Your haiku can express any emotion and for this submission, can reflect any subject related to Mount Rainier National Park. Your haiku can be serious, silly, thoughtful, happy, sad, funny, wistful – whatever you are feeling in the moment. To get those creative ideas flowing, here are some sample haikus written by a few of our rangers.

Golden Gate Trail – Fall Fog, wind, rock, water, marmot Is that a view? Oh! - "Autumn Hike" by T. Wildy

Yearning for longer brighter days, sunburn and sore, on Wonderland Trail. - "Summer Trails"

Science meets surreal: Through a process called bio-sonification, researchers turn the electrical activity of fungi into music. Think of it as listening in on nature’s secret symphony. Early research shows these fungal soundscapes—available now in my article—could reduce stress, spark creativity, and connect us deeper to the natural world.

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We'll go over tried-and-true methods for increasing organic website traffic in depth in this blog. You can increase your visibility online and attract visitors who are more likely to engage with your content by using these suggestions.

Optimize Your Website with SEO to Increase Organic Website Traffic

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the cornerstone of growing organic website traffic. SEO is essentially about making your website more accessible and appealing to search engines like Google, which can initially appear overwhelming.

On-Page SEO Keywords,

 meta descriptions, and headers are all part of on-page SEO. You must ensure that your pages are optimized for the terms your audience is searching for in order to increase organic website traffic. Utilizing tools like SEMrush or Google Keyword Planner, conduct keyword research first. Concentrate on long-tail keywords due to their lower likelihood of ranking and lower competition.

Make sure your chosen keywords are strategically placed in your content's title, header, and body, but don't use too many. Your goal should be to produce content that is still optimized but still feels natural.

Technical SEO

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 Produce High-Quality Content 

Content still reigns supreme, particularly in terms of organic traffic. Your website ought to be the source of useful information for people who use search engines to find answers.

 Articles and Blogging

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Utilize Social Media Despite the fact that social media does not directly affect your search rankings, it can significantly contribute to the growth of organic traffic. To increase your visibility, share your videos, infographics, and blog posts on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Engage with Your Audience Engaging with your audience is an essential social media strategy for increasing organic website traffic. Respond to comments, inquire, and promote sharing. Your content is more likely to reach a larger audience if it receives more engagement, which may result in an increase in website visits.

. Content Distribution To ensure that your content reaches a larger audience, distribute it across multiple channels. Utilizing platforms like Medium, Reddit, or even guest blogging on well-known industry websites can bring new readers to your content and increase organic traffic to your website.

We’ve all been there, haven’t we?  We finish a project that we’ve been working on and get ready to start on something new.  But as we’re sorting through our various colors of yarn, as we flip through the cross-stitch patterns, as our thoughts jump back and forth from candy molding to soap molding, we find that we’ve hit a wall.  What do we want to work on next?

Crafters are creatives, the same as writers, painters, or sculptors.  Our work is best when it is inspired and full of passion because we put part of ourselves into the crafts that we make.  Of course, the movements can become routine – I don’t stitch a garter stitch any differently if I’m making a scarf for my step-mom or for a stranger.  But you can’t convince me that there’s not an extra element of heart that goes into making something that we care about.

When we’re hurting for inspiration, there are plenty of places that we can look to get motivated and find our creative passion for our next project.

And so I refrained from approaching him, as doing so would have been completely SELFISH.

It’s true that breaking the mystery would have been euphoric for both parties involved, 

BUT

by allowing him to WATCH and WONDER in awe, I cast aside (temporarily!) the mutual benefits for the sake of allowing my existence to be fodder for his future brilliance.

(He will write a story about me that will ignite the souls of his readers. Or maybe a song...) 

Who am I to deny him the privilege, pleasure of a muse??