Author: cjgreene
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. Spring House Cleaning — or Divorce Over the years I’ve learned a thing or two about being married. And about spring house cleaning. The two are not compatible. If you intend to clean your house from basement to attic rafters, you’d better be…
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. Signs Of The Times Have you ever thought much about deer crossings? I have—several hours’ worth—on a long stretch of rain and wind-swept highway. My mind undertook the exploration of this subject a few minutes out of Fort Lauderdale on Alligator Alley, on what…
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. My Final Inside Training at The Conservancy Today I held a live hawk. In fact, I held two different red-shouldered hawks, and I released a third one into the wild. A red-letter day, for sure! This was my final “Inside” training day at The…
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. LOBES OF LOVE I told this story 18 years ago, shortly after I had my ears pierced. Ear-piercing is no big deal, you say. Babes in arms already have gold studs adorning their tiny lobes. Then you point to teenagers who, not content with…
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. I WAS FINE UNTIL I SAW THE MEALWORMS You might think I would cringe at the prospect of cleaning a bald eagle’s flight cage—with the male eagle perched in the corner, eyeing me with some kind of sinister bird-of-prey calculation. Didn’t bother me…