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Sense of Place - Concord: Walden Circumambulation - Honoring Henry's 199th Birthday
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. July 12, 2016. Walden Circumambulation - Honoring Henry's 199th Birthday. Each town should have a park, or rather a primitive forest of five hundred or one thousand acres, where a stick should never be cut for fuel, a common possession forever, for instruction and recreation. Thoreau, 10.15.1859). I begin this morning's circumambulation of Walden's shore with these milestones in mind and eyes open. Walking toward ...
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Sense of Place - Concord: A Crystalizing Dawn
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. January 10, 2017. The humid air hanging low like a scrim across the shoreline and pasture behind, hinted at what might be found there. From the pasture, I stepped under the canopy into a glittering wonderland, perfectly described by Thoreau in one of his earliest Journal entries:. Diamond dust lighting a mouse's path to the river. Thoreau - January 26, 1853). January 11, 2017 at 9:45 PM. January 13, 2017 at 9:26 AM.
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Sense of Place - Concord: Red-tail Dining Surprise
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. April 14, 2016. Over the last nine years of regular forays around Great Meadows, there are a few memorable moments that pulled me deeper into the wild intimacy of this refuge like no other. He dragged the duck partially up out of the water, then spent a long hour feasting. Satisfied with my turtle ID, and now feeling like a cold-blooded reptile myself, I began my return along the trail accompanied by another walke...
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Sense of Place - Concord: One Day in May - Dawn to Dusk at Great Meadows
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. May 21, 2016. One Day in May - Dawn to Dusk at Great Meadows. This strangely undulating spring season has finally taken hold and migrating, nest feathering, courting, breeding, and newborn appearances are at a crescendo. As my birthday week dawns, all the land again looks fecund and familiar, the perfect inspiration for a dawn to dusk communion with the wild rebirthing of the year. Bouquets of sensitive ferns unfu...
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Sense of Place - Concord: November 2016
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. November 13, 2016. November and Super-duper Moon Walk at Great Meadows NWR. Great Meadows NWR - Concord. Sunday, November 13, 2:30 - moonrise (4:45-ish). Join me and other kindred spirits today for a reviving walk through late autumn splendor concluding with a colorful November sunset and the rising of a giant supermoon, the largest appearing and closest passing full moon most of us will see in our lifetimes.
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Sense of Place - Concord: February 2016
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. February 17, 2016. Winter Magic Behind the Mountain. Since this month began, temperatures have bounced down and then up again by as much as 65º in New England, with a 64º temperature rise in just the last 34 hours! Crazy weather for February, but perfect conditions for hoar frost and panoramas of frost flowers across the surfaces of every flash-frozen pond, river, and stream throughout the region. First stop, the ...
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Sense of Place - Concord: July 2016
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. July 12, 2016. Walden Circumambulation - Honoring Henry's 199th Birthday. Each town should have a park, or rather a primitive forest of five hundred or one thousand acres, where a stick should never be cut for fuel, a common possession forever, for instruction and recreation. 160;( Journal,. Thoreau, 10.15.1859). I begin this mornings circumambulation of Waldens shore with these milestones in mind and eyes open.
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Sense of Place - Concord: Spring Walks 2016 - Great Meadows/Concord
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. March 5, 2016. Spring Walks 2016 - Great Meadows/Concord. Sunday, March 20, 3-5 pm - Spring Equinox walk Note date change! Sunday, April 17, 3-5 pm. Sunday, May 15, 3-5 pm. Any necessary rescheduling or other updates will be posted here. Open to all ages. No pre-registration required. Donations will be gratefully accepted. Led by local naturalist, Cherrie Corey. Co-sponsored with Friends of the Assabet River NWR.
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Sense of Place - Concord: December 2015
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. December 11, 2015. The spiderlings have been working overtime these last few weeks, weaving and feasting while the days are calm and comfortable. Overnight they festooned trailside flowery remains with gossamer, now bejeweled by the fog's misty touch. Milk parsley ( Peucedanum palustre. December 8, 2015. December Walk at Great Meadows. Sunday, December 13, 2:30-4:30 pm. December 7, 2015. December 3, 2015. We shall...
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Sense of Place - Concord: April 2016
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Sense of Place - Concord. Calendar of Walks and Other Programs. Plant List - GMNWR/Concord. April 14, 2016. Over the last nine years of regular forays around Great Meadows, there are a few memorable moments that pulled me deeper into the wild intimacy of this refuge like no other. He dragged the duck partially up out of the water, then spent a long hour feasting. April 10, 2016. Sweet Violets Stir Memories. Each spring, when I catch the scent of these first tiny violets, I remember Jean. April 6, 2016.
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