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Monthly Archives: February 2020
Taking Flight
Many of you who have followed this blog for a while understand that I seldom honk my horn, attempting to promote the books I write. Occasionally, though, a new work is issued and I’m justly proud to release it like … Continue reading
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Tagged "Rivertop Rambles", birds, books, ecology, fly-fishing, natural history, nature, poetry, small press, Walt Franklin, Wings Over Water, Wood Thrush Books, writing
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Winter Spring
Mid-February, and I track through the snow toward a big spring in the hills. I’d follow the deer prints but it’s easier to step inside the wheel ruts of an ATV. I read new promise in the strengthening light. Grouse … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldo Leopold, community, environmental law, headwaters, nature, place, poetry, politics, preservation, prose, small streams, winter spring, writing
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Where the Owl Lives
The gentle snowstorm slowed my uphill walk. The wet, accumulating snow felt cool but comfortable. The whiteness was a blanket for a dark interior, a surface for the place where the owl lived high on Dryden Hill. The snow accentuated … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, environment, hiking, hill country, nature, owls, poetry, power, preservation, prose narrative, snow, trees, Walt Franklin, writing
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