Author: Mike Dunn
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A Fascination for Filberts
The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size. ~Gertrude S. Wister It is one of those plants I had seen a few times in the wild, but didn’t know much about, other than the nuts are quite tasty – small, but good. I Read more…
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Trending Now…Spring
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb from Guinea It has been a busy couple of weeks, both at the office, and in the Garden outside. Temperatures have swung widely – 60+ degrees a couple of days ago, a nice fire in the fireplace last night, a pretty typical February Read more…
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Special Place, Special Season
Yellowstone in the summer changed my life and teaching direction. Revisiting in the winter was like going back to an old friend’s house when all the ‘guests’ have gone home and you get to sit in the den and have long quiet conversations with the residents. ~Mike Leonard, an educator that attended both a summer Read more…
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Feeling Alive
Go where you feel most alive. ~Author unknown I have been missing my usual winter routine of several trips down east. Schedules have been busy, and this thing called work has a way of occupying a lot of your time! So, last week we decided to make a day-trip to my favorite spots in North Read more…
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Winter in the Woods
There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance. ~William Sharp The quiet beauty of a winter snow storm…this is Read more…
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Heron Dreams
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~Henry David Thoreau We all have dreams, some bigger than others. I dream of experiences, being in wild places, and seeing the spectacles that nature has to offer. I have often wondered if other species dream. Having had dogs much of Read more…
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It’s Nasty Out There
The simplicity of winter has a deep moral. The return of nature, after such a career of splendor and prodigality, to habits so simple and austere, is not lost either upon the head or the heart. It is the philosopher coming back from the banquet and the wine to a cup of water and a Read more…
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Haw-inspiring Hike
One of the reasons there are so many terms for conditions of ice is that the mariners observing it were often trapped in it, and had nothing to do except look at it. ― Alec Wilkinson I must give credit to our friend, Bill, for the title of this post (hope he doesn’t mind). He Read more…
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Cold Snap
Winter’s barren landscapes chide us to give our attention to the splendor of things nearby. When the air is thick and the sky overcast, we need not travel so far to have high expectations, for in her nakedness she teaches us to be less distracted but instead to be more connected, more aware. ~Henry David Read more…
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Puffed Up
Nature now, like an athlete, begins to strip herself in earnest for her contest with her great antagonist Winter. In the bare trees and twigs what a display of muscle. ~Henry David Thoreau, 1858 It is not so much muscle I saw the other day on a walk in the Garden, but rather puffiness. I Read more…
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