Here’s the High Desert Voices December 2025 newsletter for your reading pleasure. Lots of nice photos as well! This newsletter is published by and for volunteers at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. I’ve been working there as a volunteer since 2013.

Articles this month include one about the Soil Alive! exhibition, one on the Joe Fedderson: Earth, Water, Sky exhibition, one on the Winter Nights! event, and one on wildfire smoke. A calendar of upcoming events and exhibitions is on the last page.

Please enjoy the High Desert Voices December 2025 issue!

To view previous issues, visit my HDV newsletter tag.

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SoyBend

Centered in Bend, Oregon, my blog branches out into nature, history, and art-related topics.

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