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JIM CONRAD’S NATURALIST NEWSLETTERWritten on the road and issued from Semiway,McLean County, Kentucky

July 13, 2008

*****

RIPE FIGSImmediately after issuing the Newsletter last MondayKaren and I got into the truck and headed north on theNatchez Trace Parkway, the goal being to visit myassorted aunts, uncles and cousins in westernKentucky. Before leaving town we visited Karen’s momin Natchez [...]

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JIM CONRAD’S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER
Written and issued at the woods edge near Natchez,
Mississippi

July 7, 2008

*****

EGRETS & HERONS ON SANDY CREEK
The road into Homochitto National Forest, where I
frequently camp overnight, traverses a one-lane wooden
bridge over small, meandering, sandy-bottomed Sandy
Creek. The bridge stands maybe 25 feet above the water
so when I cross it I always lean my bike [...]

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