Jean Linville
No To Black Friday & Slow Food
Welcome to "Black Friday". The first recorded use of this term was in reference to a financial crisis: specifically, the crash of the...
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Jean Linville
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
Knock, Knock & A Medicine Bag
The "falling back" of time this past weekend has meant that I am ushered indoors by the falling darkness before dinner. This means that...
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Jean Linville
- Sep 13, 2019
- 4 min
Sage Advice & The Honorable Harvest
Shortening days characterized by falling leaves and chilly, dew-drenched mornings that transform into dry, clear afternoons foretell of...
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Jean Linville
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Fences & Fires
When we purchased our house in Connecticut it already had a split rail fence installed around the front and side edges of the property....
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Jean Linville
- Aug 23, 2019
- 2 min
Maps & the 8th Wonder of the World
Like most folks, we take trips periodically. In fact, we will be hitting the road in just a few weeks. Even though we will be going back...
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Jean Linville
- Aug 2, 2019
- 2 min
Ethiopia & A Green Legacy
In earlier blogs, I have written of my efforts at germinating hickory and pawpaw trees (April 5, 2019) and of my admiration of Wangari...
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Jean Linville
- Jul 26, 2019
- 3 min
350 & Stained Glass
This past week was filled with extremes that included plant and people wilting days with heat indexes over 100 degrees, which was then...
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Jean Linville
- Jul 5, 2019
- 3 min
Fireworks & Declaration
The fireworks at the edge of our lake are done. No, I am not referring to the aerial detonations of the Fourth of July, but rather the...
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Jean Linville
- Jun 28, 2019
- 2 min
TP & Canada's Boreal Forest
I have never really thought that much about toilet paper, that is until I just read an article in the Summer edition of the NRDC's...
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Jean Linville
- Jun 7, 2019
- 2 min
History Lessons & "Can Do" Attitude
This week marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy. The lessons are many from that seminal event and the ongoing...
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Jean Linville
- Apr 26, 2019
- 2 min
First Leaves & Wangari Maathai
This week's musings are in celebration of Arbor Day, which is today! This spring, as in years past, I have been on a mission to witness...
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Jean Linville
- Apr 19, 2019
- 3 min
2 Books & The Paschal Full Moon
The books on my bookshelves get shuffled around periodically, especially after I have gone to a book sale and returned home with a few...
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Jean Linville
- Apr 12, 2019
- 3 min
Beaver Logs & Soil Blockers
If you have been reading my blogs, you know that I participate in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (see my posting...
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Jean Linville
- Apr 5, 2019
- 4 min
Gestation & Germination
ges-tate v.t. 1. to carry in the womb during the period from the initiation of the pregnancy to delivery. 2. think of and develop (an...
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Jean Linville
- Mar 22, 2019
- 3 min
Celestial Time & March
This past Wednesday at 5:58 p.m. EST marked the vernal(spring) equinox in the northern hemisphere. The equinox occurs only twice a year,...
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Jean Linville
- Mar 8, 2019
- 4 min
Definitions & Libraries
li·brar·y /ˈlīˌbrerē,ˈlīb(ə)rē/ noun: library; plural noun: libraries • a building or room containing collections of books, periodicals,...
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Jean Linville
- Mar 1, 2019
- 4 min
Jean-O-Types & Genotypes
“Jean-O-Types” & Genotypes Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! The other day I was on a walk with a friend and we stopped to look at...
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Jean Linville
- Feb 15, 2019
- 3 min
Magnetic North & Neonicotinoids
Other than being prompted by visiting a place like Death Valley(see last week’s blog), I don’t usually think about the fact that tectonic...
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Jean Linville
- Jan 18, 2019
- 2 min
Walden Pond & the f/64 Principle
The other day I was cleaning out some papers and I came across a page that I had pulled out of a National Geographic Magazine from July,...
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Jean Linville
- Jan 5, 2019
- 2 min
7th Generation Thinking & the 116th Congress
Seventh generation thinking comes from the wisdom of the Iroquois. This wisdom urges that current generations live and work for the...
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