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Nature
Chicago is for Plovers
This summer, the big animal craze in Chicago has been over Chance the Snapper, an alligator found in the lagoon…
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Food
Guide to Seed Starting – Part 2
In part one of my guide to seed starting, I taught you how to choose seeds, plants those seeds, and…
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Food
Guide to Seed Starting – Part 1
Three years ago my farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) gave me a whole bunch of cayenne peppers. I had no…
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Feminism
This Bird Is Doing the Boob/Butt Pose
Last week I wrote about some of my favorite sparrow species that I’ve photographed in Chicago. When going through my…
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Nature
So Many Sparrows
One benefit of having a bird feeder right outside our front window is that it’s like bird watching but without…
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Fiction
Time Travel Nerd Erotica? Yes Please!
A couple years ago, I was walking around the Printer’s Row Lit Fest and someone from a booth called out…
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Nature
How I Became the Leader of a Multi-Level Bird Feeding Scheme
A year ago I moved into a townhouse in Chicago with a tiny front yard. I put up a bird…
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Featured
The Quest for the Snowy Owl
Snowy owls are one of the great birds of North America. If you’re Canadian, you are probably lucky enough to…
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