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Tim Van Deelen

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IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

On Monday, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the sixth assessment report and by Monday evening, the news cycle was ramping up with

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Resilient Flooring

MEMO To the facilities task force: RE: flooring samples The synthetic wood “resilient” flooring we looked at for the chancel is plastic. It’s at least

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The Tension Zone

I’ve missed being north of the tension zone for a year and a half. Part of me never left northern Wisconsin, in the same way

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Ephemera

It was buggy and still at the lower end of Cherokee marsh when I left. Nearly home, a familiar helicoptering-like flight hovered across the inside

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Dorn Creek

Dorn Creek is really a crummy little property. A couple of forties, a few belonging to the state of Wisconsin, a few to Dane County.

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Transitive Property

It’s a transition rain in the dark outside my window. It’s heavy and fragrant. The air is soft. Winter is passed and the world is

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Seeds

John Bates, bard of Manitowish Waters, led our GreenHouse students on a snow-shoe exploration of Raven Trail’s winter stories. After teaching them to speak chickadese

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Sabbath at the AmericInn

One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds–Aldo Leopold I am lingering in a Sunday

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The Ravine

“Ooh” she said, “That one’s my favorite!” She came over and I snapped a cell phone picture of her next to it. One needs to

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