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27 ~ Turning
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27 ~ Turning

Welcome to August. Today brings the full moon, the Sturgeon Moon (no such thing as a Trout Moon I guess).  While it’s not actually the last full moon of summer., it feels like it, especially as it’s being reinforced by a week of cooler weather.  This morning, I can feel the turn toward autumn…

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26 ~ In this together
Bird Bird

26 ~ In this together

Greetings.  Many thanks to all who joined together and contributed ideas for the ‘desert island shopping list’.  Here’s a summary of the results…

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25 ~ Brook no imitation
Bird Bird

25 ~ Brook no imitation

Last Tuesday morning I returned to the ‘Taliesen stream’, the clear little ribbon near Spring Green that recently offered up a few brook trout, all of which I had to release.  This time I hoped to find a brown trout for my dinner…

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23 ~ Audience participation!
Bird Bird

23 ~ Audience participation!

Greetings!  It’s been a week of firsts here along the creekbank, mainly as things burst from the garden on the heels of a spell of hot weather…

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21 ~ We, the Sentinelese
Bird Bird

21 ~ We, the Sentinelese

North Sentinel Island is a 23 square mile (59 km2) ‘postage stamp’ of forest and coral reefs in the Andaman archipelago of the Bay of Bengal. The island is home to a group of indigenous people who have had almost no contact with the outside world..

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20 ~ Consider the morel
Bird Bird

20 ~ Consider the morel

We crossed the brook to the left side and came to the foot of a hill.  Age-old oaks, mighty cedars, black birch, maple, Aralia, firs, poplars, hornbeam, spruce, larch and yew all grew together in picturesque profusion…”

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19 ~ In memoriam
Bird Bird

19 ~ In memoriam

Today, a pause to join the remembrance, from a blog about living in deeper, positive connection with other living things in the world.

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17 ~ Auction!
Bird Bird

17 ~ Auction!

From the beginning, it has been my intention to shield this blog, and you, dear readers, from surveillance capitalism…

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