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Sense of Misplaced: May 2013
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Commentary on nature and human nature. The title stems from my disdain for the romantic obsession with "sense of place." Timing. On the other hand, is everything. Friday, May 3, 2013. I had dismissed Prospect Lake in Memorial Park as just another fake lake in the urban landscape, not worth my time if I wanted to find any wildlife other than Rock Pigeons or European Starlings. Thanks to a Facebook group for the Colorado Field Ornithologists, I found out my assumptions had no validity whatsoever. The lake ...
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Sense of Misplaced: November 2013
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Commentary on nature and human nature. The title stems from my disdain for the romantic obsession with "sense of place." Timing. On the other hand, is everything. Saturday, November 30, 2013. Image © Under30ceo.com. So, I truly admire her creativity in appealing to her friends, actual and virtual, through Facebook. She set a goal, provided secure avenues for donations, and gave regular progress reports. I felt somewhat guilty for not sending funds myself, but I am without a regular income and nob...At le...
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Sense of Misplaced: Scale
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Commentary on nature and human nature. The title stems from my disdain for the romantic obsession with "sense of place." Timing. On the other hand, is everything. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Few people agree with me (or want to admit) that capitalism in its present form is the source of most of our economic, environmental, and institutional ills. We want desperately to cling to our belief that the "American Way" is the *right* way, the *best* way, the only. Fewer consumer, labor, and environmental protections.
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Sense of Misplaced: Hanging up the Phone
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Commentary on nature and human nature. The title stems from my disdain for the romantic obsession with "sense of place." Timing. On the other hand, is everything. Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Hanging up the Phone. It dawned on me the other day that I do not like talking on the telephone anymore. The reasons for this are many, from technological "advances" to deteriorating hearing (mine and others), and the exploitation of the telephone for marketing purposes. September 16, 2014 at 3:12 PM. More Insects...
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Sense of Misplaced: December 2012
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Commentary on nature and human nature. The title stems from my disdain for the romantic obsession with "sense of place." Timing. On the other hand, is everything. Friday, December 14, 2012. Time for a new Environmentalism? Charmlee Wilderness Park in Malibu, California. That is the question being asked in a popular article over on Slate.com. Believe the truth lies somewhere between the modern movement and the old guard that still clings to the belief the only good wilderness is….well, wilderness. Our Wes...
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Sense of Misplaced: Birding While Black
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Commentary on nature and human nature. The title stems from my disdain for the romantic obsession with "sense of place." Timing. On the other hand, is everything. Wednesday, January 15, 2014. 169; m.inmagine.com, Cupid Alexander (model). The other day I found myself inside a Barnes and Noble, and picked up the latest issue of Orion. Revealed a mostly unspoken uneasiness felt by many women in the birding community. I am being polite, actually. Unspoken disgust. A Google image search for "African American ...
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Sense of Misplaced: May 2015
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Commentary on nature and human nature. The title stems from my disdain for the romantic obsession with "sense of place." Timing. On the other hand, is everything. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Few people agree with me (or want to admit) that capitalism in its present form is the source of most of our economic, environmental, and institutional ills. We want desperately to cling to our belief that the "American Way" is the *right* way, the *best* way, the only. Fewer consumer, labor, and environmental protections.
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Sense of Misplaced: February 2013
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Commentary on nature and human nature. The title stems from my disdain for the romantic obsession with "sense of place." Timing. On the other hand, is everything. Wednesday, February 27, 2013. I pride myself on not retouching any of my images with digital software like Photoshop or GIMP, and I am still debating on whether to bother in this case. People viewing a manipulated image would never know the contrail was there, but no matter what I do to obscure or erase the “defect,” I. Yesterday I walked the d...
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Sense of Misplaced: July 2013
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Commentary on nature and human nature. The title stems from my disdain for the romantic obsession with "sense of place." Timing. On the other hand, is everything. Thursday, July 4, 2013. Here it is, July 4, Independence Day in the U.S.A. Last Sunday, the pastor at our Lutheran Church gave a sermon entitled “Freedom,” and it got me thinking. We are indeed “free” in many ways, but I also believe we have a long way to go to be free as individuals and as a society. Freedom is what this very blog is all about...
