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Three days of Art and Music in a small town.

Well it is the last working days till the 8th Annual Edinboro Art and Music Festival kicks off and I have been working like a mad man this year. Not only am I getting my work ready to sell and preping for a 4 hour painting demonstration I am doing festival work this year. I …

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Think Like A Mountain

Credit to Aldo Leopold for the title and some of the content of this article... Yellowstone offers lots of opportunities to see wildlife. Driving through the park, it is quite common to come upon a "wildlife jam"... a traffic jam caused by tourists stopping to take photos of a b …

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Stevie, Elmer and Other Views

  The other day I was weeding around Stevie the Pineapple and he toppled from his stalk. He isn't quite ripe enough to cut open but will be soon. Elmer, the baby gecko is watching out for him from the microwave to make sure no bugs give him the hairy eyeball. The mango tree …

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Sally Fay: The California Sway Over the Mauna Kea

Palm trees may sway in Hawaii but it was the sway of San Franciscans that prompted the existence of the gem on the big island, the Mauna Kea Hotel. Certainly, some credit has to be given to Laurance Rockefeller, but San Franciscans should know we have a deep …

Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers

Kay Allen had just started work, and everything seemed quiet at the Cornerstone Care community health clinic in Burgettstown, Pa. But things didn't stay quiet for long. "All the girls, they were yelling at me in the back, 'You gotta come out here quick. You gotta come out here q …

Mr. Phoebe Serves Breakfast, with a Visit from Mrs. Polkadot

    I caught Mr. Phoebe flycatching the family's breakfast this morning, then serving it up one by one. When I walked the dogs I found a polkadot turtle looking for a place to lay her eggs. ny.gov/animals Then the skunks will come to dig them up for a midnight snack... …

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Strombo | Saying Goodbye: Elephants Hold Apparent Vigil To Mourn Their Human Friend | CBC Television

Lawrence Anthony was a conservationist and author known as "The Elephant Whisperer". In 1999, he rescued and rehabilitated a group of wild South African elephants who were deemed dangerous. And the animals appear to remember what he did for them: when Anthony passed away March  …

Maya Artwork Uncovered In A Guatemalan Forest

Archaeologists working in one of the most impenetrable rain forests in Guatemala have stumbled on a remarkable discovery: a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations. The buried room apparently was a workshop used by scribes or astronomers working for a Mayan king.  …

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