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Night Sky from FreePhotos.com by Exsodus Among my fondest childhood memories were the family drives to the desert near our home in Phoenix, Arizona. The time was the mid 1960s. We would drive to the desert, stopping along the way for A&W root beer floats. Once in the desert, near […] We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. ~Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac We are monumentally distracted by a pervasive technological culture that […]
Image by Nuttakit from Freephoto.com It seems to me that we Americans put a high premium on fancy vacations as a way to unwind from the stresses of the world. It also seems to me that we put so many expectations onto those vacations that they often fail to live […] February 2nd is always World Wetlands Day. It was Wednesday of last week. Wetlands hold a special place in my heart. My first introduction to a wetland came when I was in 5th grade. I had just moved, that fall, from Arizona to a small town north of Boston. In the spring my 5th grade […] |