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Critters Photography

Sucking clay and beaver tracks

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I went for what was a three mile hike yesterday and ended up going six miles, primarily because I followed an animal track rather than the trail meant for humans. In the Spring here in Missouri when the marsh grasses are fresh and tall, and haven’t been beaten down by […]

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Stuff

The Fifth sentence

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Okay, I’ll play, since Doug was kind enough to post a giggle earlier. Grab the nearest book Open the book to page 23 Find the fifth sentence Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions From Suicide and the Soul by James Hillman, page 23, the 5th sentence: For experience […]

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Burningbird Weblogging

Smart URLs, converting from MT to WP, and die, URL, die

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I am in the midst of trying to salvage weblog entries that have gone through many variations of URL identification, as I’ve passed from tool to tool, and through many variations of what is subjective goodness in URL naming strategies. At the same time, I am also dealing with years old links […]

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Places Weblogging

The Greening

The Greening happened overnight. When I woke up this morning, even the tallest and largest trees were sporting leaves, and every car was coated in green dust. No matter how carefully I look for it in the Spring, the Greening happens suddenly, without warning. In the front yard, I noticed that the seed I scattered […]

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Plants Weather

Summer in April

We’ve had an unusually warm Spring this year. The temperatures yesterday and today are close to breaking record highs, and I think today we’ll actually make it. That means over 90 F (that’s ‘hot’ in Celsius). This combined with the rain we’ve had has led to an explosion in growth, and even people who have […]