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Tag Archives: sense of place
An Early Canisteo Cabin
[On the first white settlement in this watershed– a place that became my permanent home two centuries later… Understandably, no photo of original cabin is available.] The American Revolution had ended. General Sullivan, acting on the orders of George Washington, … Continue reading
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Tagged cabin, Canisteo, Canisteo River, history, migration, nature, pioneers, sense of place, settlement, travel, wilderness, writing
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Just Good Fishing
The cooling temperatures of late summer and early fall brings a spike in fish behavior and in human interest on the stream. Although I’m anchored to another academic year, I try to focus on the local streams and overgrown trails … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, cardinal flower, fly-fishing, good fishing, headwaters, nature, origins, poetry, roots, sense of place, Tricos, wild trout, writing
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A Small Stream Fantasy
At last the upstate temperature had risen into the 50s, and snow-melt rushed down from the hills. In this topsy-turvy world of climate change, the New York weather might now be warmer (again) than the winds of Barrow, Alaska. Oh, … Continue reading
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Tagged community, dreams, environments, essay, fantasy, freedom, nature, poetry, reality, sense of place, small stream, Spring, Thoreau, wild, writing
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Western Field Notes #1: South Platte River
I’m no expert on this Gold Medal river southwest of Denver. In fact, I just made my first visit to the South Platte in beautiful Colorado. My introduction to the famous trout stream below Cheesman Reservoir was made, in part, … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado, exploration, fishing, nature, Pike's Peak, Rocky Mountains, sense of place, South Platte River, travel, western landscapes, writing
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Walking the Runs
1. Around here we call them “runs”– the small streams tumbling down the wooded slopes to the river valleys (particularly on the Pennsylvania side of the rivertop region). Nearly all of them interest me, especially those whose habitats include the … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, brook trout, evolution, fly-fishing, knowing the territory, nature, perfection, personal journal, plants, recreation, runs, sacred, sense of place, Slate/Cedar run, small streams, think small, trillium, walking
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A Century Gone
The passenger pigeon was once the most abundant wild bird in North America and, perhaps, in all the world. It’s been said that more than a quarter of all the birds in North America in the 1800s were Ectopistes migratorius, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldo Leopold, birds, community, conservation, extinction, freedom, habitat destruction, history, local history, mobility, nature, old ways, overhunting, passenger pigeon, pollution, sense of place
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The Final Word (A Recollection)
Every once in a while I’ll think about an incident that happened long ago when we first moved into Rivertop country. By choice, our new home was a place of relative isolation with a willful exclusion of major media sources. … Continue reading
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Tagged country narratives, Down syndrome, home place, Life, madness, Robert Frost, sense of place, social media, WW3
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An Upland Gallery
the faint song of a bird– “ten thousand things”
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Tagged autumn color, eternity, Lao Tzu, maple leaf, sense of place, sense of time, walt franklin poetry
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