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A Quarantine Update
This has not been a busy year on my blog, having sometimes gone a month or more without posting anything new. Currently teaching three college classes online from home, and not finding much time to write and post images for the blog. One more week in the semester and Spring has sprung, so that should change. I have a backlog of several dozen photos taken in the last few weeks, so I will soon be posting them along with stories of the experiences I'm having along the way. My overall theme is generally concentrated on flowering plants and their symbiotic relationships with their pollinators. When the mood strikes, I insert philosophical and political comments. Please feel free to share your comments, but please be nice. I try to be.
Contact me at blackoaknaturalist@att.net .
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- How Fresh Is a Daisy?
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- On the illusion of age
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- Addenda to Bucks Lake area trails
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- The Partners of the Flowers
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- A Great Mimic!
- Is it science or art?
- The Addiction Kicked In
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- Preview of a Berry Creek Adventure
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- Preface to a Tollgate Creek Adventure
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- This Just In....
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About Me
- Joe Willis
- I have been teaching since 1965 and have recently joined the English Department as an Associate Faculty member at Feather River College. Recently taught Nature Literature in America and am currently teaching Interpersonal Communication and Basic Reading and Writing.
SAD - Summer Arthropod Destruction. Usually done with a mower, a beer, and an ignorant enthusiasm. At least you give a healthy respect to all of the "lesser" beings... Bummer to see him go!
ReplyDeleteThese guys are tough. I hold out hope that many will have dived deeply into the grass and escaped the blades. Meanwhile, my not-so-subtle campaign against lawns will go on.
ReplyDeleteYou are the Edward Abbey of weeds, Joe. Perhaps you should write your own version of Desert Solitaire.
ReplyDeleteHmmm.... Plumas Solitaire? Feather River Solitaire? I'll have to think about that. Fortunately, the Tansy are out in force all around Quincy, both on roadsides and in the forest. The Ambush Bugs will get along the rest of the season without my daisies.
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