Air's Wild Acres
Small goats and small batch cheesemaking on a small farm, all with big laughs.
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Patterns and pastures.
In the recent weeks, I passed my comprehensive exam, visited with a fantastic Carabidae specialist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (another #loveyourtaxonomist post is likely to follow about this trip), and camped at one of the most beautiful places in PA (“It feels like we are hiking into ‘The Hobbit!’” said a young hiker… Read more
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Ground beetles are so beautiful.
I haven’t looked at these beetles across the years yet… This, is amazing. The activity-density of the beetles, as well as the diversity, is increasing over the years of a three year organic, reduced-tillage corn-soybean-wheat rotation. Ground beetles can play an important role in pest suppression in crop fields, but they are also incredibly beautiful… Read more
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Renaissance women being scientists!
When I was living in Mexico last year, I spent most of my time working (as I should have since I was there conducting research for my dissertation). However, I was able to take a few days off to go to one of the most glorious places, the state of Oaxaca. While I was there, I… Read more
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I really don’t like milk, but I love my job…
I really hate milk. I hate it. So much. As is the case with some young parents, mine weren’t particularly versed in childhood nutrition. But, somewhere along the line, my mother decided that my sister and I needed to drink a glass of milk every night before we were allowed to go to bed. She must… Read more
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#NowReading – 5/24/14
In trying (and this week, not doing such a great job of it) to be more active on my blog, I have started to follow several other blogs that I really appreciate. One of my new favorites is Dynamic Ecology, and while I know very little about the authors, I very much appreciate the type… Read more
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Excited Scientists?
I’ve had several interactions with people in the last few weeks which have lead me to question what level of enthusiasm is “appropriate” for science. Quite commonly I am one of the loudest and most jovial people in the room because I do get incredibly excited about the work that I do. People apparently hear… Read more
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