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<p class=MsoNormal>It’s easy to get embedded with the everyday madness of
living, and the tasks and details of working for sustainability. Heads down and
focused, which is a mostly a good thing, we may lose sight of the richness and
beauty of the world that sustains us. So when an article like this comes along,
I am always grateful. It reminds me of why we do what we do, helps me remember
that not all is lost, that hope is in the world. Most of all it reminds me to
pull my head up and check back in with Nature. She’s there, waiting
patiently, as always. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>From yesterday’s NY Times …<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#F4F4F4'><span
style='color:gray'>May 28, 2008, 10:08 pm</span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#F4F4F4'><b><span
style='font-size:22.0pt;color:#333333'>Restoration Row<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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8.4pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:15.75pt;background:#F4F4F4'><span
style='color:#333333'>PAWHUSKA, Okla. – It is hard to love a land you
don’t understand, and for most of my life I had no idea why anyone would
ever live in the Great Plains – let alone love the place. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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8.4pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:15.75pt;background:#F4F4F4'><span
style='color:#333333'>Flat, featureless, boring. Those were the words I heard
growing up whenever someone would mention the plains. My view was informed by
Dorothy’s Kansas, which looked scary and Gothic even before the twister
took her house and Toto, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;background:
#F4F4F4'><span style='color:#333333'>But then I spent some time here, mostly
listening to people in the twilight of their lives tell about the land when it
turned on them, during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. At the end of a long day of
hearing stories, I would go for a run in the wind, and sometimes get a glimpse
of the magic of the place — a pronghorn antelope in a sprint, a sky
blushing pink, the quiet when the air finally settles. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>More here … <a
href="http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/restoration-row/?em&ex=1212292800&en=ea7f58052d871157&ei=5087%0A">http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/restoration-row/?em&ex=1212292800&en=ea7f58052d871157&ei=5087%0A</a>
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color:#365F91'>writing | editing | web communications</span><span
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color:green'>P</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;color:green'>please
don't print this e-mail unless you really need to</span><span style='font-size:
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