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  Everyone Hates Science Fairs  by Helen Chappell 
Well, not everyone hates science fairs, but I sure did. And I blame my high school biology teacher, who will be called Mr. Peaches for the purpose of this memoir. Although it’s unlikely, he might still be alive and still boring generations of kids with his monotone voice and his thinly disguised religious views. You would think, growing up with a father who was a surgeon, where dinner-table conversation often involved graphic descriptions of whatever operations my Silver Haired Daddy had performed that day, I’d be all about high school biology.    Read More …

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  The Heat and the Beat Never Sleep Down in New Orleans by Dick Cooper

Cities have personalities shaped as much by their geography, history and climate as by their inhabitants. No city in America owes as much to those factors as New Orleans. It sits on a low isthmus between the winding, final course of the Mississippi and the brackish, estuarial waters of Lake Pontchartrain. Unlike the staid Protestant leaders who governed the English colonies to the north and east, New Orleans and its surroundings were founded 300 years ago by French noblemen with their joie de vivre approach to the world.   Read More...

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  Salmon Fishing with Seals  by Rollin Browne

I hope that I will remember this day for as long as I live. We happened upon a scene so amazing, so primal, and yet so beautiful that my words will certainly fail to describe its depth or breadth. At the mouth of the Klamath River where its unimpeded flow meets the Pacific, there is no development and few reminders of human civilization. Each side of the river is defined by acres of massive sand banks. It is too wide and deep to wade across, and its churning, fast-moving current rolls and turns frothy as it meets the ocean.   Read More…

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  Fells Point by Bonna L. Nelson
Fell’s Point is a historic waterfront neighborhood in the southeastern area of Baltimore. It was established around 1763 and is located along the north shore of the Baltimore Harbor and the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River. My daughter Holly and I were long overdue for a getaway, so a day trip to Fells Point would fit the bill. We have a strong connection to the area, dating back to her early childhood. I dabbled in arts and crafts when Holly, now a pediatric occupational therapist, was a mere babe. Fells Point was a major arts scene then, and still is, though a bit more gentrified.   Read More…

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  Bioblitzing Horn Point Laboratory  by Michael Valliant
Bioblitz is not the name of a punk band, at least not yet. It’s an event where scientists, naturalists and volunteers get together in an effort to do an intense period ~ generally 24 hours ~ of biological surveying within a designated area. This fall, Maryland Biodiversity Project completed its fifth bioblitz, teaming with Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge to see how many living species they could find and document in a day. Founded by Jim Brighton and Bill Hubick, MBP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cataloging all the living things in Maryland.  Read More…

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  Fishing – The Angelica Blackburn III (Part 1 of 3)  by Roger Vaughan

Sal was awakened by the splatter of codfish chunks hitting hot oil. He was cramped from having his knees wedged against the overhead, weary from the effort it took, even in sleep, to maintain his balance against the relentless, violent motion of the trawler. The randomness was worst. The boat never took the same drop, never rolled quite the same twice in one night. Preparation had to be general, readiness a creative compromise. Someone on the crew was always inventing a new sleeping position, a way to fold a blanket as a body wedge.   Read More…

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