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It’s Raining Raccoons!

Our subconscious is limitless, like the cosmos.  That’s why dreams are so weird and implausible.  You’re walking in the woods.  It’s a nice day, still dark on the road, the… Read More →

September 15, 2024

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Back Roads Nature, Purtis Creek State Park

Meandering is what happens when there are no boundaries. Creeks are fickle meanderers. They’re one of those serendipity occurrences of nature.  With the exception of earthen banks, not much will… Read More →

August 15, 2024

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Tequila’s Little Brother from Texas

The light is still young; a new day has just been born. The day seems stunned and not quite ready to begin. The high desert wind blows constantly—without tenacity you… Read More →

July 15, 2024

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Tigers are Always the First to Pounce

My name is Harry Thorax, reporting live from the beautiful (and packed) Plainfield Entomology Auditorium. It’s an honor to participate in this inaugural event—the first annual Western Hemisphere Tiger Beetle… Read More →

June 15, 2024

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Back Roads Nature–Eisenhower State Park

Dwight D. Eisenhower is a hero so deeply ingrained in U.S. history that monuments to his fame and respect for his contributions can be found all over this country.   Everything’s… Read More →

May 15, 2024

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Black & White & Curious All Over

There is a creature which lives with such intensity, always in motion, burning itself so completely in the fire of survival that nothing is left behind—not even a trace of… Read More →

April 15, 2024

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Painting with Light

They are particles in a quantum field, a wave, an excitation—a form of electromagnetic radiation. Photons are like little paint brushes, each carrying their own hue on a palette of… Read More →

March 15, 2024

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Back Roads Nature–Goose Island State Park

Standing on the pier, it’s about all I can do to maintain an upright position against the wicked February wind.  It’s not just wind; it’s little pellets of steady drizzle… Read More →

February 15, 2024

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Pipsqueaks of the Prairie

His name was Iktomi, of the Teton Sioux.  His land was the Black Hills. A Lakota medicine man, Iktomi faced the sharp January winds with only his moccasins and breechcloth,… Read More →

January 15, 2024

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Gift Ideas for a Naturalist

Shopping for a naturalist is not really difficult.  Anything supporting a national park or state park would be welcomed. New hiking boots or Trek poles would be helpful since the… Read More →

December 20, 2023

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