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Thanks to Wired Science, I learned of a 14 year old boy in a remote African village who should be an inspiration for all of us.  William Kamkwamba noted the wind in Malawi and thought he could rig something up to power a light to read by.  This boy, who had been forced to drop [...]

Last summer I enjoyed the fishing antics of a belted kingfisher as he swooped back and forth over the lake just off the end of our dock. This spring as I started walking from the road past our camper to the lake I saw what I thought was a bald eagle and then realized [...]

I stumbled upon an essay worth reading – just as soon as you get back from your walk.   Take a Walk by Bill Bunn gives what I hope is an only half-serious rationale for returning to our (assuming the reader is human) main mode of conveyance.  Since it is not unusual for me [...]

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Spring takes on a different meaning when one lives in a cooler climate. New life is breaking out all around us in North Carolina. I hope you enjoy this little video of the flowers and birds I observed this weekend. Some were taken in our [...]

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In the first post of this series, I talked about my decision-making with regard to how to format my blog. Generally, each post has a left-justified thumbnail with a graphic element. The primary elements include an external image, a video, or a slideshow of photos that integrated into a NextGen Gallery [...]

I saw a couple of birds on my walk I have yet to identify.  Nothing unusual there.  What was unusual was that I had walked well over a mile without seeing a single goose.  Usually folks here complain about geese hissing at them as they walk and goose guana everywhere.  They are also quite noisy.  [...]

We had a bit of rain this morning which had the ground soaked and the lake level almost up to the trail.  Although I waded through a flock of juncos early on, the area was strangely silent and my expectations were low.  It was interesting to me to note that on the east end of [...]