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April 20th, 2011 - The Star in the Cottonwood Tree

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:59:00 +0000

I first learned about the star in the cottonwood tree many years ago from my friend and naturalist teacher, Pat Rummenie. As we were walking in the forest, she picked a small, dead cottonwood...

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March 25th, 2011 - Winter Green

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:07:00 +0000

A few weeks ago I was involved in a whirlwind trip around Wisconsin that had me helping out one of our other state agricultural nursery inspectors. It being March, there wasn't a...

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March 23rd, 2011 - Tales From The Wing Seat

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:35:00 +0000

A recent Facebook discussion got me thinking about another one of those 'Travel Trips from Hell' of mine that happened long, long ago, one that I had pushed so far back into my little...

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March 6th, 2011 - Witchy Willows

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:49:00 +0000

Our snow has been 'come and go' lately, but I have been out snowshoeing in it as much as possible when it's around. The other day we got a fresh six inches and I went over to 'Calhoun Park' in New...

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March 3rd, 2011 - A Public Service Announcement - You May Be Wasting Money

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:51:00 +0000

My position as a Plant Pest & Disease Specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture brings me a lot of interdepartmental email. And I read a lot of Press Releases that I probably...

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March 1st, 2011 - Trees

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:29:00 +0000

The White Pines are showing their gold jewelery this time of year. The White Birch are taking on some attributes of the red barn. The Jack Pine's cone is an engineering masterpiece. Set to...

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February 27th, 2011 - Aztalan

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:20:00 +0000

A couple days ago, our little family (Sharon, Happy the Dog, and myself) made a pilgrimage to my favorite clothing manufacturer; Duluth Trading Company's flagship...

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February 25th, 2011 - The Old Soft Shoe

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:45:00 +0000

Last week after the snow had all but disappeared from around here, I was actually thinking about taking the sandbags out of the back of the truck, putting the ice scraper under the seat,...

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February 20th, 2011 - Leftovers Again...?!

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:27:00 +0000

Yup. Here's a few pieces I found moldering in some sundry folders, filed under "I should blog these sometime." On July 19th, 2010, a tornado with ripped through the small town of Eagle, WI,...

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February 18th, 2011 - Mish-mash, Goulash, and Ratatouille

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:41:00 +0000

Got a bunch a stuff here to lay on you, kind of a yarn-ball of photographic threads and lint that have been rolling around the computer and through dark alleys of my soul for a while, looking for a...

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February 12th, 2011 - Of the Warping of Space, Pixels, and Time

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:27:00 +0000

Just a quick notation here to share what I have been working on recently (because I'm so computorily drained from it that I can't muster much more). Above is an example of um, a creation of...

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February 9th, 2011 - Scanners

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:15:00 +0000

Just a few old scanned prints for you today, gentle reader. Something got me thinking (and I can't imagine what, owing to the picture) about this photo the other day - I dug through a musty stack...

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February 4th, 2011 - Escape From Plainview - Based on a True Story - End of the Line

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 06:09:00 +0000

It is 6:30 AM, December 23rd, 1995, the day is prematurely gray. On my way through the hotel lobby after check-out, the TV is blaring and showing an overly made-up talking head speaking in a...

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February 2nd, 2011 - Escape From Plainview - Based on a True Story - Chapter Three

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:46:00 +0000

At 7:30 AM on December 22nd, 1995, a late-model silver Lincoln Continental pulls up into the cul-de-sac in front of my Ramada Inn. Not really a limousine per se, but a nice cab with a...

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January 31st, 2011 - Escape From Plainview - Based on a True Story - Chapter Two

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:10:00 +0000

Well, I did have long hair and round glasses back then, but I don't think I looked much like John Lennon. Before I go on, I have to reiterate that I don't personally have anything against New York...

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January 29th, 2011 - Escape From Plainview - Based on a True Story - Chapter One

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:26:00 +0000

A few posts back I was ruminating about the personalties of large cities, and this brought back memories of a business trip of mine to New York during the 1990's, which could unquestionably...

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January 28th, 2011 - Signage And The Lack Thereof

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:56:00 +0000

I swear Wisconsin has the highest per capita percentage of weird signs in the country, maybe even in North America. Well, that is when we actually HAVE signs, as many of our...

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January 26th, 2011 - I've Got Questions, You've Got Answers

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:11:00 +0000

Today we are going to take a short walk through my brain. That's about the only option we have, really, it's not that long of a path. Consequently, some days I feel I know next to nothing. It seems...

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January 24th, 2011 - Chic-a-go, Chic-a-go... you fill in the rest.

noreply@blogger.com (dignature) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:37:00 +0000

Holy Cripes, another post already. And the ink's barely dry on the last one. And it looks like I've given up not starting sentences with a conjunction. Or next I'll leave my participles dangling all...

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January 22, 2011 - Prepare Yourself

noreply@blogger.com (mnainfochair@gmail.com) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:57:00 +0000

Wow. My last post was July 18th, 2010 at 2:11 PM CST. Totally unacceptable. I'm switching over to a new blogger template here in an attempt to try and spark some new life. Haven't even put the...

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July 18th, 2010 - Signs, Signs, Everywhere Are Signs, Part #432

noreply@blogger.com (mnainfochair@gmail.com) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:11:00 +0000

I'm back from an extended mid-season, intrastate agricultural inspection extravaganza for my work, the bugs and plant diseases are all cooking up to formidable levels with the summer heat and...

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May 30th, 2010 - The Voice of a Lake

noreply@blogger.com (mnainfochair@gmail.com) — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:20:00 +0000

Hey, I wrote this back in November of 2009 for the "1000 Friends of Minnesota's - Voices of a Lake" essay contest, and had completely forgotten about it. Well, I'll be dipped if they didn't pick it...

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May 28th, 2010 - I'm a Freak of Nature

noreply@blogger.com (mnainfochair@gmail.com) — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:44:00 +0000

Yo ho...! Sorry for the lapse. Holy frijoles, the world is spinning like, um, the world spins. Since starting my new job with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture as a Plant & Pest Disease...

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April 23rd, 2010 - Random Pics From The Old Bag of Tricks

noreply@blogger.com (mnainfochair@gmail.com) — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:41:00 +0000

I found a few quick pics that I had set aside over the last few months whilst looking for something else along the way. The quality of some might not be on my "A" list, but I felt that there was...

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April 21st, 2010 - Pickled Ginger & Other Delights

noreply@blogger.com (mnainfochair@gmail.com) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:24:00 +0000

I will be the first to admit that I am easily waysided by little details that I notice in, on, or around things, and the crux of today's entry is no exception. Today's entry originates from, well,...

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