Good Oak and Good History: Leopold’s “Sand County Almanac”
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Reading Aldo LeopoldOn this sand farm in Wisconsin, first worn out and then abandoned by our bigger-and-better society, we try to rebuild, with shovel and axe,...
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Our first Reading Circle!
Kriss over at Circle M Farm suggested Having Faith after reading author Sandra Steingraber’s earlier book, Living Downstream. We’ll be reading it together beginning in January, 2008, with Nicole Five...
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A Good Day for the Beginnings of Journeys
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to MotherhoodI must admit that I think it a bit ironic that the maiden book discussion here at RCB is about a journey to...
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This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to MotherhoodDuring my first pregnancy, I lived on a truck route. My pregnancy manual, the ubiquitous and sometimes...
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This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Reading Aldo LeopoldThe weekend of Earth Day, 2007, marked the grand opening of the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center. The building, on the Leopold family land in sandy...
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This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to MotherhoodI think that many people who are ready to become parents know that life will change drastically when that...
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Protected by a Child
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to MotherhoodI have a license to carry concealed fireams! Jeff pulls out on the highway in front of a speeding Corvette, and...
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Spring is here!
photo credit: tanakawho No more snow! Mayor Dave says it’s spring, so by golly, it is spring! (Even at the beginning of March.) Franklin the Turtle agrees!
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What if your neighborhood were toxic? What if you lived by a river, but no one in your neighborhood had walked its banks for sixty years? What if you knew who poisoned your city, and why? Watch: Majora...
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Madison Reads Leopold, 2010
From the portion of A Sand County Almanac that I read aloud as part of Madison Reads Leopold 2010 at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum: “We have erected a monument to commemorate the funeral of a...
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