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Newsletter · By Bear Howe · Official site

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Sep 22, 2026
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Aug 5, 2026

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  1. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    It’s migration season (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    We can tell the birds are getting ready to move. And the monarchs. . . Meanwhile, some of us who plan to stay all winter are throwing lots of acorns down on my car this week 🤓 🐿️ I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how everyone is getting ready for the same change in seasons. We moved to northern Michigan in part to be closer to all these wild cycles, and it is endlessly fascinating!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JkT8!,f_auto,q_auto:g

  2. Issue · Aug 5, 2026

    Absorbing landscapes (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    The bell rings at 7:30am, a signal to wake up and get ready for 8am breakfast. Most days I skip breakfast and get into some wandering instead, sometimes bringing my sketchbooks and paints along.It’s hard to capture the magic of BYM summer camps unless you go there, and we just finished our 5th summer at camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I teach art workshops and help in the kitchen (it’s our adult summer camp too—we laugh so much!), taking hot afternoon drives to the Shenandoah Ri

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