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“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.”
Aristotle
Author Archives: Emmett Duffy
The Natural Patriot rides again
New package! Same great taste! Dear Friends, Faithful Readers, Passers-By, and Google search-bots, I’m back. In the saddle again, so to speak, after a few months of what I shall refer to as a sabbatical. I would like to say … Continue reading
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Ashes to ashes
All things considered, I really can’t complain. I’m stuck in a hotel room thousands of miles from home, no way to get back to the family and normal life, with no end in sight. Looking at my last little package … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
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Hail to the Chief
By God he’s got his mojo back. This health care debate has been a long and very bitter road. The level of nonsense, venom, and underhandedness arrayed against it has been truly unprecedented. And this young President has, understandably, stumbled … Continue reading
The dormant land
The crops are sleeping. The creek is frozen. The trees are sleeping. The creatures are sleeping. Everything is waiting. Waiting patiently.
Look upon me! I am one of the world’s leading 30 intellectuals, scholars, and scientists!
Ok, now that I’ve got your attention . . . It’s often struck me that, just as I am about to wander off and let the blog wither away to die a natural and dignified death, fading into obscurity like … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Science, Sustainability
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Moving toward the light
[The solstice has turned and we are once again, as the poet would say, moving toward the light. A new year and a new decade, with all the hope and apprehension -- the yin and the yang -- inherent therein. … Continue reading
Autumn falling
Just now I felt the need, as I sometimes do, to just step outside and stand quietly for a while. Letting my breathing and heart rate ease into a quieter rhythm, allowing the soft breeze to wash away the cloud … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Biophilia, Timberneck Biodiversity Restoration Project
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The world with us
Alan Weisman recently published a book that got a lot of press attention for its novelty idea of considering The World Without Us — that is, what earth would look like if some unlikely event wiped out humans and left … Continue reading
Networking the Natural Patriot
One of these days I really have to write another real post, instead of sending out hat tips to other sites (as important as that is), rehashing my own posts under different cover, and other sleight-of-hand. But for the moment, … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Biophilia, Blogospheria, Politics, Sustainability
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Ultimate Limits on the reef
Thanks to Ava at the Reef Tank web site for republishing the Natural Patriot’s post on “Approaching the Ultimate Limits“. You can find it here. For those of you interested in marine biology generally, and tropical aquaria in particular, there … Continue reading
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