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The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims God’s handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the...
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Old age is not for sissies, as my late mother always said. Having recently observed my 60th birthday, each aching joint and “senior moment” convince me she was right. Four decades of trotting the globe, badgering bureaucrats, chasing disasters and banging...
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Perhaps my last post was a bit too perky and over optimistic about transition. I swear to you – I just heard birds griping about the weather. There was a gripey tone in their chirp. As an implant from Texas, I suggested to the local Omahans the other day that their...
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On Saturday, although we headed out in one direction to look for Glossy Ibises, a Facebook report of a Northern Lapwing in the other direction got us in for a longer drive (thank goodness for mobile social media technology). As with many a rare bird search, a vigil...
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Our revels now are ended. These our actors (As I foretold you) were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all...
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Strange and wondrous, how Mother Nature runs riot on our end of Prairie Creek. A channel cut through gumbo clay That crumbles and tumbles day by day Making crevice deep and wide For meager muddy stream. Yet still a sluice of moisture nurtures Nature in her springtime...
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America has been described as a nation overfed and undernourished. The “western diet” as it’s commonly called is typically characterized by a high intake of meat, sugar, saturated fats, and refined grains. Many of the food products on the grocery store shelves,...
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So, this week’s question of the week is: How are you affected by the rhythm of days, seasons and years? Here in the tundra – woops I mean longest winter ever in Nebraska – I find this question interesting. We are currently waiting for the weather to warm up to get a...
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I observed a Carolina Wren for the first time 23 years ago. I was participating in the Massachusetts Audubon Bird-A-Thon. While I was relatively new to birding then, the fact that I had never had Carolina Wren in Massachusetts was not due to by fledgling status at...
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“Then God said, ‘Let the earth put forth vegetation…'” (Genesis 1.11) In some parts of the world this is a flower: In my neighborhood it’s a weed. And, in the basics of cultural grammar, weeds are “bad.” Flowers are...
