Monthly Archives: October 2008
Slumdog Millionaire and chicken nugget barnyard
OK, I know I said I was only going to do this blog thing while I was on the road, but… I got to go to a pre-release screening last night of Slumdog Millionaire, the new film by English director … Continue reading
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the things i have collected
The odometer read 10,859.1 miles when I turned onto the cobblestones that mark the beginning of my street in Brooklyn. If I ignore the pile of reporter’s notebooks, the infinite hours of audio recordings that need to be transcribed, and … Continue reading
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SEJ Conference 2008
The Society of Environmental Journalists met in Roanoke for their 18th annual conference. This was my third time attending and the gathering of 800+ journalists from around the country (and globe) is always overwhelming in its content (which can make … Continue reading
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into the fall
I drove into autumn, leaving the warmth of Texas behind, seeing Arkansas for the first time, traversing the breadth of Tennessee and arriving in Roanoke, Virginia with the trees ablaze.
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Peregrines at Padre
“It’ll change your life.” This was said to me more than once by multiple people I’ve interviewed on this trip – Bud Anderson, Tom Cade, and other men who have worked with peregrine falcons all their lives. They were referring … Continue reading
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get the lead out
“Eliminate lead and we’re there,” he said, leaning over the edge of the cliff to see the condor sweep by. We were perched on top of the rosy-red cliffs at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, looking out over the Kaibab Plateau … Continue reading
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into the interior
A pang went through me as the sign hurtled by , stabbed into the roadside: Continental Divide. I was heading east, after coursing through the interstate veins of the western United States for more than a month. I’d traveled up … Continue reading
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whose side are you on?
Are you still pretending that I’m still in Portland? Good. I learned around the campfire at the wedding ( I love that…campfires and weddings should always go together) that the Vaux’s swifts were passing through Portland on their southerly migration … Continue reading
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Who says Portland’s gray?
Don’t even try to figure out where I am by this blog, since I seem to be at least a week behind, but just pretend I’m still in Portland. I’ve just had a long leisurely breakfast at one of Portland’s … Continue reading
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