Tag: environment
member name: Mary H.
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October 27, 2007 10:16 PM EDT --
It's time for my students to begin their group projects. This is my favorite time of semester because just when I get so far behind with grading that I think I'll never catch up--so far behind, . . .
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July 07, 2007 08:03 PM EDT --
A Short Story
It was a long way for such a hot day. The girl's dress stuck damply to the middle of her back, between the shoulderblades, and sweat beaded her forehead as she walked beside her . . .
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July 09, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
It's hot again in Birdland. We had a rain to ease June's drought, but that was, let's see...two weeks ago? (Though now I'm remembering dark skies and a few raindrops on the 4th--but not . . .
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July 29, 2007 09:18 AM EDT --
Blackberries won't call back at a better time.
They're ready when they're ready, and they don't care whether you pick them
Or a neighbor down the road spies them on a morning walk
Or the . . .
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December 16, 2007 09:26 AM EST --
The Sidewinder and the Buffalo Child
BY MARY HAYS
THE SIDEWINDER CAME TO THE PRAIRIE FROM THE WESTERN country of hot dry winds and sparse bitter herbs. She was a beautiful snake-sleek with . . .
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December 15, 2007 09:46 PM EST --
Monkeys on My Back
Here are some addictions I have:
Email
My Computer
Coffee
Freerice.com
Hot Water
Some of my monkeys are fun--the playful, chattering kind. But some have an . . .
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July 10, 2007 08:52 AM EDT --
Recipe for a Blackberry Day
4 Weeks drought in June until the corn looks like a field of pineapple
Add 4 inches of rain in 1 afternoon
Wait 1 Week
Bike with a 10 year old boy to the cemetary
Park your . . .
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October 27, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
It's time for my students to begin their group projects. This is my favorite time of semester because just when I get so far behind with grading that I think I'll never catch up--so far behind, . . .
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July 29, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
(See "Salt Free Bread" for Chapter 1 of this Novel in Progress)
When Neil first came to Chestnut it was one of those spring days that threaten rain and wrap you in cold damp, but the . . .
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August 21, 2007 06:28 PM EDT --
a poem by Mary Hays
We pull out of the filling station
and head for the interstate
Aunt Jane looks at me cockeyed
Why do you want to know where Tippet Hill is?
I stammer at the unexpected question
Grandma . . .
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November 05, 2007 12:17 AM EST --
It was the perfect day to stay home; windy, sunny, but cool enough for a sweater. Good, satisfying chores.
I did 3 loads of laundry. Grandma always said she hated the wind, and I could never figure . . .
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August 25, 2007 10:44 PM EDT --
Birdland is full of flying creatures. We have more hummingbirds than I've ever seen --surely more than I deserve to see, considering how negligent I am at filling their feeders. Also, huge dragonflies. . . .
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September 15, 2007 09:30 PM EDT --
Ok, I generally call all my birds optimistically "she," and I'm right about half the time. I want them to be hens, because I want eggs. I was pretty sure I was right in Rosy's case, . . .
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August 19, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
I was asked to be part of a recipe chain, but I don't usually follow too many recipes. Here's what I came up with.
Wednesday Night Farmers' Market Stew
1) Go to your local farmers' . . .
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August 19, 2007 09:51 PM EDT --
The Tale of the Quail and Dixie, the Accidental Bunny
by Mary Hays
Published previously in Backyard Poultry Magazine
Ellis and Cody and I went down to the Amish Auction at Arthur to get some quail. From . . .
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