Tag: relationships
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Dia de la Amistad
My bee page is now updated – check it out for details about our 2020 field season. I’m excited about my projects, coordinated as always with KC Wildlands, KC Parks, and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). We’re going to conduct a standardized survey of a unique habitat in the Kansas City area, the rocky…
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Discovering eBird
All the true birders out there are going to say, “It’s about time you got with the program!” And they’re right. It’s been a couple years since a friend and colleague introduced me to eBird, the wonderful app developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I’m not sure how long eBird has been around, but…
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Casting Away the Gifts
It’s been a month since I said good-bye to my friends at Virginia Beach, happy yet sad as we embraced each other in the bittersweet end to our annual gathering of creativity, womanly power, and meaningful companionship. I always come away from that week with a sense of renewal and at least one important lesson…
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Farewell, 2017
Once in a great while, a calendar year comes with a singular message; a lesson that seems to start on or near January 1st and come full circle by the end of December. If I were to articulate the big lesson of the last 365 days, it would be this: We must work hard to…
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Season of Thanksgiving
Well, when I said I was going to check out for a while, I meant it! Last time I posted, the trees Kansas City were just beginning to turn. Now, the holidays are upon us! It’s been an extraordinary year, on all levels. I feel at once emptied out and renewed – as if the…
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Independence Revisited
One year ago this week, I traveled to Costa Rica to sign my divorce papers. Today, I can reaffirm the old saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Because this thing nearly killed me. And now, I feel stronger for it. The years leading up to the divorce and the months following have been…
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