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2017: Can You Do a Blue Wave Without a Pussy Hat?
2017 did not go the way I was expecting, at all. When it started out, I was moving along with the intentions I set forth the winter before: investing time in planning adventures with outdoorsy friends, working on growing my birding year list, trying new state parks with my family, hiking, camping, taking little trips…
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Nevada’s Wild Horses
It was a crisp July morning, and I was counting steps in the Mountain View Cemetery in Reno, Nevada. Or rather, I was counting plots. Forty six plots down from the end of the row, and about five plots back from the road. This is what the guy at the office told me, when he…
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SMTX: Ringtail Ridge Natural Area
There is something exciting about following a path, not knowing where it leads you to. Sometimes, you find something interesting along the way, something that sparks your curiosity and imagination, something that connects you to the past but then also makes you wonder about the future. This is how we felt about the unexpected encounter…
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Solitude in Cross Creek Ranch
A rare thing happened last week. My two year old came home from daycare and went to sleep. Suddenly, we had spare time. I offered my husband first rights of refusal, but he wanted to stay home. Not me. I left and headed out to my favorite place, the wetlands at Cross Creek Ranch. I out…
