HeyJaredNo Lines in Nature
Intriguing tales of life and nature from the place I was raised. History, science, philosophy, a bit of politics -- it all comes together here.
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Planet Blah (opens the original)
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Our environmental moment (opens the original)
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The red-eyed vireo is as gifted a songster as you’ll ever hear. The scarlet tanager’s brilliant plumage would be at home in a bustling papal conclave. Now, as these and many other migratory birds ready to leave our region for their southern winter homes, I can only wonder:Will they find trees to nest in when they return next spring?Since May, I have served as the environmental columnist for the FXBG Advance, a regional online news magazine. My writing has centered on local nature, with occasiona
A No Lines in Nature sampler (opens the original)
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I, with my occasional co-authors, have penned 57 essays and articles since No Lines in Nature launched this spring. That’s a lot! And since most subscribers joined relatively recently, it remains a challenge to make sure that most of what I’ve written is available to the newer readers. I also know that when I come across an interesting new Substack, I hardly know where to begin. So, I have collected here five essays that should offer any newcomer a solid introduction to this AI-phobic, place-bas
The English tradition (opens the original)
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Potomac Creek runs through Stafford County, and whether their ancestors arrived from the British Isles, as Hessians during the Revolutionary War, or otherwise, established county been heres tend to think about land in the English tradition. Which means that to be successful here is to own your own land. More importantly, to have kept it over time is to have earned it through generations of hard work without which, as seventeenth century English philosopher John Locke wrote, “it would scarcely be
Of trucks and tanagers (opens the original)
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Kids are taught to keep quiet while fishing. They are told that noise spooks fish, and that the wise angler speaks only in whispers. Later, the child matures, gains experience, and – in my particular case – acquires two aquariums. They then learn that fish don’t react much, if at all, to the normal human voice. Rather, sudden movements are what makes th… Read more
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