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Inspiration: Annie Dillard
We all need people who inspire us, whether heroes, models, mentors or friends. During the WordCount Blogathon Speed River Journal will present a special Saturday feature profiling people I admire....
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Inspiration: Barry Lopez
We all need people who inspire us, whether heroes, models, mentors or friends. During the WordCount Blogathon Speed River Journal will present a special Saturday feature profiling people I admire....
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Adventures With Bruce: Trail for Millions
Indian Head Cove on Georgian Bay: the Bruce Trail intersects some of Ontario’s most spectacular scenery Journalist Steve Hainsworth calls the Bruce Trail “an amazing backyard adventure for us in...
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Illuminating turkey intelligence
Naturalist Joe Hutto spent a year as the adoptive parent of a brood of wild turkeys. His journal of the experience not only portrays a moving human-animal bond, but dispels the notion that turkeys are...
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Pursuing giraffe, studying humans along the way
In 1956, following a childhood dream, a Canadian woman apparently became the first zoologist to conduct a long-term study of large mammals in Africa, years ahead of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and...
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Farley Mowat leaves an imprint
Well-known Canadian author and environmentalist Farley Mowat has died at 92. His 1963 bestseller, Never Cry Wolf, is credited with changing public perception of wolves as savage killers to one more...
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Oliver Sacks who popularized science of perception dies at 82
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks died this morning at age 82. He was made famous by the movie, “Awakenings”, based on one of his books, but more importantly he popularized science of how the mind...
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Finding the soul in a place
Every year is important, but 2019 feels like one of the most important in my adult life. I’ve moved forward in many ways, some personal, but also as a writer, photographer and naturalist. One impetus...
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