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Tag Archives: fisher
Shape-Shifter
My evening climbs up the seasonal roadway typically did not produce unusual wildlife sightings, but a recent walk proved to be exceptional. Before I reached my spruce and pine grove on the east side of the gravel road, I saw … Continue reading
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Tagged Asaph, bear, cougar, fisher, fishing, hiking, homestead, narratives, nature, poetry, psychology, shape-shifter, UFOs, Walt Franklin, wild economy, writing
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Alternative Programming
It was a pleasant January weekend. Although the air temperature on Sunday rose no higher than the freezing point, the Morning Star lent a blue dome overhead and even managed to push some brightness into the Pine Creek Gorge where my wife and I enjoyed a … Continue reading
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Tagged brook trout, fisher, fly-fishing, hiking, MLK(Jr.), mountain stream, nature, otter, Pennsylvania, photography, Pine Creek Gorge, poetry, The Wild Trout, Thoreau, Twin Pine Tavern, writing
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The Fisher Connection
I was following the tracks of a large coyote along a Susquehannock State Forest trail but thinking that, unfortunately, there was little other sign of bird or mammal life. Then, about a mile up the snowy trail, I caught sight … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, civil rights, Earth, fisher, fisher tracks in snow, freedom, hiking, Martin Luther King, nature, personal connections, photography, Top Searches, wild, wildlife
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“I Write ‘Um the Way I Feel”
The skies can’t keep their secret!/ They tell it to the hills–/ The hills just tell the orchards–/ And they the daffodils!… (from Emily Dickenson). There’s nothing more resplendent this wide morning than a singing prairie warbler on the hill. … Continue reading
The Weekend/ 5 Classical Elements
Earth: It all started Friday night as I drove home from my mother’s house. A fisher crossed the bottom of the gravel road– a dark super-cat-sized animal with a long bushy tail, a creature I’ve long suspected of living in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aether, Air, anti-fracking, bald eagles, deer hunt, Eagle Crest Winery, Earth, Fire, fisher, Hemlock Lake, nature's gift, The 4 Elements, the 5th Element, trout fishing, upper Allegheny River, Water
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Rivertop Rambles 