Writer and photographer. Nonfiction: The Power of Community-Centered Teaching: https://teapaw.org/t.co/rTzo1bdwx3 Books of poetry: The Lit Window and The Breaking Edge
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Joined January 2009
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I'm thinking about making it back to the Skagit River in Washington for the eagles feeding on the salmon run this year. Lake Coeur d"Alene in Idaha is much closer, and it's easier there to get good positions for photography. But chum salmon are larger than the kokanee salmon.
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The pheasant could be viewed as a colonizer. It’s an imported species, and it does best on land that was plowed and irrigated. Native birds lost ground. Their dancing grounds were plowed under, and some survive mainly on remnant or set-aside land. shorturl.at/7EOvF
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Michael L. Umphrey retweeted
When critics complained Texas’ Bluebonnet curriculum is “Bible infused” I responded, “Yeah. So is English.”
The ring-necked pheasant is a bird of the ground, built for concealment, quick escape, and reproduction in numbers. The bald eagle is lord of the sky, soaring 1,000 feet above a river but able from there to scan the water for fish. michaellumphrey.substack.com…
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When I was a high school principal, my guiding conviction was that a school educates most effectively by how it operates. The daily conduct of its business. . .
michaellumphrey.substack.com…
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Lots of doomsters are chatting up the notion that national governments are calling on people to get prepared for an emergency by stockpiling food and such. Wendell Berry's "February 2, 1968" is gem of michaellumphrey.substack.com…
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Remember when Steve Martin suddenly stopped being funny--The "wild and crazy guy"/King Tut stuff seemed stale and tiresome. Is anyone besides me having a similar weariness with @greggutfeld ? He's becoming little more than a perverted little man.
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I came in and turned on the news to see whether Trump was still president. It was Emily on the Five. Smart, thoughtful, serious. And then a rant by @JesseBWatters --loud, obnoxious, mean--cheered on by Tyrus. So I posted this and headed back outside.
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Michael L. Umphrey retweeted
This has been weighing on my heart for 24 hours since I first heard the news.
My heart is broken for Cindy Crawford and her family as they mourn the loss of their precious son, Presley, whose death is familiar for too many American families.
I have met so many mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers who have lost a loved one to illicit drugs— no other way to put it, they are a weapon of mass destruction.
These deaths are not just a statistics—each life lost was wrapped in dreams, hopes, and families who miss them every day.
The fentanyl crisis continues to devastate communities across the country. We must end this scourge before it destroys a generation.
Rest in eternal peace, Presley🙏🏼
I've found a way to watch The Five. I just turn the volume off when @JesseBWatters or @Gutfeldfox talks. I like to hear what Dana and Emily are thinking. Gutfeld does interrupt a lot so it's not perfect.
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I sometimes feel like taking a break and checking the news. "The Five" is on but I find @JesseBWatters increasingly creepy and @Gutfeldfox perversely vulgar. Compagno's moral compass is nice but not enough.
@Gutfeldfox perversely vulgar.
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The Five was surprisingly interesting today, with neither @JesseBWatters nor @greggutfeld on. FoxNews has a terminal case of the clown factor.
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Fox News has some classy pundits, but no show with @Gutfeldfox can maintain any class--which I suspect makes him proud. Yelling "in your face!" is not comic brilliance. I didn't mind him on Red Eye, but he's ruined Fox News for me. I taught middle school--he would fit in.
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The Five comes on at about the time I come inside to sit for a while, and it would be nice to find out the day's news. Unfortunately, it's pretty much unwatchable if @JesseBWatters and @Gutfeldfox are on. I wish FN would model calm civic argument rather than red meat hatred.
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I would like to find a conservative or moderate panel discussion of politics without the clown factor: @Gutfeldfox and @KennedyNation
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