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Beat the Blerch: A Virtual Race Report

September 27, 2020 by aliciamacleay

This past week a T-shirt made me run a marathon. In July I signed up for the Beat the Blerch virtual race as soon as it was announced, despite not ...

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On Lupines

June 23, 2020 by aliciamacleay

“You must do something to make the world more beautiful.” ― Miss Rumphius Whenever I see lupines in bloom I hear that quote from Miss Rumphius, one ...

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Bees: Nature’s Essential Workers

May 20, 2020 by aliciamacleay

We often overlook the individuals we take for granted but depend on daily to keep us fed, safe, and healthy. The list of essential workers is long, ...

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Go Big and Go Global, from Home

May 9, 2020 by aliciamacleay

It's Global Big Day. Look outside today, notice any birds, and you can be part of the largest biodiversity-related citizen science project in the ...

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Bird Blind

April 28, 2020 by aliciamacleay

Whenever I hear the distinctive tapping of a pileated woodpecker during a run or hike I stop to look up. If I'm lucky while scanning the trees, I spot ...

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Winter-Spring

April 16, 2020 by aliciamacleay

Early last week, as piles of snow transformed to shoe-sucking mud I was missing the way snowfall continually recasts our favorite, familiar landscapes ...

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The Privilege of Going Outdoors

April 7, 2020 by aliciamacleay

Three weeks ago my family skinned up and skied down a ski hill about an hour from home. It was a sunny bluebird afternoon. After a peaceful climb ...

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Wild Ducks and Tomorrow

March 30, 2020 by aliciamacleay

Wild ducks and tomorrow both come without calling. —Russian proverb It was a happy surprise on a Monday morning to have this mallard couple stop ...

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Isolation

March 26, 2020 by aliciamacleay

The word of the day is isolation. You can decide on the other 999 words for each of these pictures from the past week. ...

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Perspective

March 13, 2020 by aliciamacleay

Huh? In an increasingly off-kilter world, here's an image that also feels a bit bewildering. My daughter hates looking at this picture ("it's so ...

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