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May 31, 2003
Reading
Seems like everyone's read The Monkey Wrench Gang and Desert Solitaire, but a century from now, I think, people will judge A Fool's Progress and Black Sun Ed Abbey's best works. I finished my first re-reading of Fool's Progress —...
Continue reading "Reading"Posted by Chris Clarke at 08:43 AM
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Hearing the Nuttall's
As Zeke and I headed down toward the creek this morning, we were greeted by a woodpecker's drumming. I imagine it was a Nuttall's. When we first moved in to the neighborhood a year ago, a Nuttall's was one of...
Continue reading "Hearing the Nuttall's"Posted by Chris Clarke at 12:58 PM
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Dark night
At 7:00 pm, there were dark, cold clouds over Pinole. As I passed the creek mouth, two Amtrak trains hurtled by - one eastbound, one west. Behind the trains, the dodder parasitizing the saltmarsh pickleweed glowed brilliant orange: one spot...
Continue reading "Dark night"Posted by Chris Clarke at 07:37 PM
Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)Running the creek
I noticed one of those inevitable little reminders of biological entropy a couple weeks back. I was sitting on the end of my bed, tying my shoes, and realized that the task had put me out of breath. I clearly...
Continue reading "Running the creek"Posted by Chris Clarke at 06:29 PM
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For someone who's been rather obsessed about issues of place for gosh I dunno decades, it's odd I never stumbled upon the notion of a place-based weblog until I found Numenius and Pica's blog, Feathers of Hope. I imagine the...
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