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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Forests and water in Virginia
I attended the Virginia Forest and Drinking Water Forum in Charlottesville today. Not sure if I learned anything truly new & significant, but it was good to get reminded of this important topic and I got to talk to a … Continue reading
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Dauerwald – near natural forests & land ethics
I have been studying various approaches to land ethics more intensely in recent years and have come much more to respect tribal points of view. This is plural points of view – since there is not one but many. What … Continue reading
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Summer reading
Some summer reading and maybe finding patterns that do not exist. I am usually reading a few books over the same period, so I get them confused. This is not helped by the fact that I tend to read related … Continue reading
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A perfect day
The perfect day was a day much like many others, but unexpected and stolen from the drudgery of work. My story started (as I am noticing about many of my stories) with beer drinking. Drinking too much beer. My friends … Continue reading
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Our longleaf savanna experiment at Freeman, Virginia
My friend Adam Smith just sent some pictures of our Freeman place. We are experimenting with longleaf pine restoration. To do this, we thinned all the trees to 50 basal area and then made 1/4 acre clearings in each acre. … Continue reading
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Blue Plains Water Treatment Plant
The Blue Plains Water Treatment Plant is one of the most advanced in the world. I am interested in biosolids and in water quality, so I went on a tour when I had the chance. In many ways it was … Continue reading
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Dignity
The author delivered what he promised; I was hoping for more. He promised to share experiences and voices of those left behind, the ones he calls the “last row”. This he does I would question his choice of subjects to … Continue reading
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Cervisiam tene, hoc specta
Any story that begins, “I was having a few beers …” may not seem promising, but I am going with a version of “in vino veritas” here. So, I was having a beer while waiting for Chrissy. I don’t mind … Continue reading
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Can people change?
My Story Worth question for this week. Do you believe people can change? Yes. Absolutely yes. This is one of the few things or which I am certain. We cannot help but change. Much of the way we think we … Continue reading
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