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Blog postBladderwort (Utricularia spp.) is a relatively common carnivorous aquatic plant found in many lakes, ponds and wetlands. The small bladders along the stem that give the plant its name capture and digest zooplankton much like a pitcher plant catches an insect. Except it is a more active capture as a passing zooplankter triggers the trap door on the bladder and the vacuum within sucks in the microscopic animal.
Here is that process in slow motion, as a copepod triggers that reaction and -
Blog postThe Crandall Public Library and the Capital Region Partnership for Invasive Species Management (PRISM) are hosting a series of Zoom talks on invasive species. Registration is required for participation.
Aquatic Invasive Species Wed. August 5th 11 am to 12 pm Backyard Invaders Wed. August 19th 11 am to 12 pm Clean, Drain, Dry Wed. August 12th 11 am to 12 pm iMapInvasives Training August 26th 11 am to 12 pm Register for one, several or all talks by visiting the Crandall Public Libr
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Blog postThe Bureau of Fisheries conducts hundreds of fisheries surveys throughout the state each year. Over the past few years, our Fisheries biologists have started summarizing these survey results in a succinct format. These fisheries technical briefs offer a glimpse into key findings while providing an interpretation of the study. Fisheries has added 150 new technical briefs to their website recently, so take some time to look over the briefs and learn something new about your next fishing destina
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Blog postThe Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center (EFC) and the NY Federation of Lake Associations (FOLA) are holding a free series of webinars to enhance the skills of municipal and lake association leaders to better manage lakes in their jurisdictions. The fourth webinar in this series will be held July 23, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Attend this webinar to learn about the role of local governments in lake management and hear about effective models of collaboration betwee
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Blog postThe New York Invasive Species Research Institute (NYISRI) has posted an article about the use of biocontrol to manage the invasive terrestrial plant Knotweed. You can find the article here. Here are links to additional resources provided by NYISRI on Knotweed and Biological Control
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Blog postWednesday, June 10, 12-1pm With summer approaching and more people getting outside, we must remember to protect our waterbodies by watching out for invasive species and taking care to prevent their spread. Invasive Species Intern, Sierra Stickney will focus on water chestnut, European frog-bit, and starry stonewort, aquatic plants which are having a big impact on our environment. Learn what to look for when you’re out on the water and how you can help the spread of AIS. Regis
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Blog postNH Lakes is offering a series of Lake-Friendly Living webinars. Upcoming webinars include:
Lake-Friendly Living with Gravel RoadsLake-Friendly Landscape Maintenance You can also view past seminars on:
Living Lake SmartLandscaping and Protecting LakesLiving with Septic Systems Visit the NH Lakes Lake-Friendly Living webinar series page for more information.
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Blog postNow is the time to make good use of your social distancing and learn something new about invasive species management. The North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA) is now offering all of their past webinars free in the month of April. Just visit the NAISMA website, click on the JUMP TO WEBINARS button and make your selection(s).
Available Webinars:
Invasive Species Organizations and Regulations The ABCs of Invasive Species Organizations National Park Service: -
Blog postI’ve often struggled with the native/nonnative/invasive dividing line when it comes to plants. For instance, so many of what we call roadside wild flowers are “escapes” from the 1800s. Well, now with climate change the line is about to become blurrier. Adaptation is what plants and animals do. This article discusses climate driven range shifts that plant species will be experiencing in the context of invasive species. Some of what is said in the article might be a bit radical. But, in the end
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Blog postGrand Isle, VT – The Lake Champlain Basin Program seeks proposals for projects that improve water quality and ecosystems in the Lake Champlain watershed. The Program anticipates awarding more than 25 grants totaling more than $500,000 to local organizations, municipalities, and educational institutions.
Current grants will be awarded in two categories:
Pollution Prevention & Habitat Conservation Grants (up to $20,000 per award), Aquatic Invasive Species Spread Prevention Grant -
Blog postTrees sway in a clear breeze stripped of its humidity by the passing cold front.
The rains lift, the clouds part, and the sun spreads a golden glow.
Moisture, like tiny prisms, colorful sparkles on pine boughs.
A cheerful robin, perched in a nearby maple, cheeps and clucks.
Deep in the woods, thrushes join in post-rain melodies.
Butterflies emerge and flit among the sweet milkweed blossoms.
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Blog postIt is a cold November day.
The bare trees are cracking like an old man’s bones.
Flakes of snow drift lazily up, and down, and sideways
Floating on breezes, though gentle, yet burn the skin.
Occasional shafts of dim sunlight lance between fast moving clouds
Streaming across a pale sky that only hints of blue.
The dog looks up at me, wondering.
And I agree.
Yes, it is time to go back inside. -
Blog postThe first day of the new year didn't so much dawn as it oozed into existence, the heavy cloud cover preventing anything remotely resembling a sunrise. A nearly invisible snow was falling, so fine that 24 hours of snowfall has yet to yield more than a dusting on the ground. Even the motionless trees, bare tangles of branches against the featureless sky, showed no sign of putting on a hint of sparkle for winter, for the new day, or the new year. In spite of all this, the dog stuck her cold, we
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Blog postI have a hosted domain and upgraded email through GoDaddy. I've noticed that even with Spam Filters turned on, I get tons of SPAM - nothing is getting blocked. When I called GoDaddy tech support, they said if I purchased Private Domain Listing, all this would go away. However, all my email addresses hosted by GoDaddy are full of unfiltered SPAM, not just the one listed on my WhoIS domain listing.
I've been going through all my hosted email accounts on GoDaddy, even my non-public and -
Blog postLife
Does not come to he who waits.
Life
Simply passes by.
Ninety five percent
Is not one hundred.
That special spark
Will not blaze on it's own.
You must fuel the fire
With your heart's desire.
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Blog postIt's a weird thing being a me
Wrapped up in this squishy body,
Looking out at the world.
It's interesting that the best times we have
Are those that take us out of ourselves,
Outside of the Me.
It leads me to believe that somewhere, outside of me,
Is a universe of life and love.
And the more we can experience here, in life,
Outside of me,
Brings us closer to the universal Us where we belong.
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Blog postWith new leaves sprouting
The morning wind takes on a new sound.
Gone is the clacking of bare limbs,
Replaced by the sighing of feathered branches.
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Blog postSpring in the Adirondacks
Full moon washes the stars from the deep indigo blue sky
A robin flees from her nest as I walk across the deck
In the distance, spring peepers call from the bog
As a woodcock peeps from a tree then launches into it's twittering spiral
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Blog postIt is really starting to feel like the holidays around here. The wood stove has been going non-stop and the house is filled with toasty, dry warmth. The landscape is coated in a white frosting of snow. Mathew is home from college.
We've stocked the house with fixings for our traditional Thanksgiving day full of appetizers and a sumptuous Turkey dinner. Things are mostly tidied up in expectation of our cooking frenzy and the arrival of our special guest, Wilbert Gamble, our new past -
Blog postA link unbroken
Father to son
A love unspoken
Father to son
Sidney to Ray
Ray to Michael
Michael to Mathew
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Blog postSoul Insights is now available in paperback for $12.95 at Amazon.com (currently on sale for $12.30 and eligible for Amazon Prime)
Soul Insights is also available as a Kindle book for $6.95 • Get your free Kindle Reader App
105 people took advantage of my free Kindle copy promotion.
Visit my author page on amazon at http://amazon.com/author/cedareden and goodreads at http://goodreads.com/cedareden
I would appreciate reviews on amazon.com -
Blog postSoul Insights is now available in paperback for $12.95 at Amazon.com (currently on sale for $12.30 and eligible for Amazon Prime)
Soul Insights is also available as a Kindle book for $6.95 • Get your free Kindle Reader App
105 people took advantage of my free Kindle copy promotion.
Visit my author page on amazon at http://amazon.com/author/cedareden and goodreads at http://goodreads.com/cedareden
I would appreciate reviews on amazon.com -
Blog postThe sound of the wind, blowing through bare trees
Takes me back to Gilmanton.
I see the memory now, as an observer:
A small wooden table in Nana's garage,
Painted white and pastels, handcrafted by Grampy.
We sit, two small children, in tall chairs, feet swinging.
My sister, Thia, across the table,
Bowl-cut blond hair and happy concentration,
Coloring with crayons on large sheets of paper.
Looking out through the open door
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Blog postI have only read a little, but each poem and it's accompanying scripture is so thought provoking, I must ponder each one for a time. I have already discovered some new centers of my relationship with God. Thanks, Michael!______________________________________
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Blog postMy new book, Soul Insights, is now available in paperback for $12.95 at CreateSpace http://goo.gl/pQ7fej and will soon be available as paperback on amazon.com (it takes up to 5 days to list).
Soul Insights is also available as a Kindle book for $6.95 at http://goo.gl/OgLpIB
105 people took advantage of my free Kindle copy promotion.
Visit my author page on amazon at http://amazon.com/author/cedareden and goodreads at http://goodreads.com/cedareden
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Blog postSoul Insights is now available in paperback for $12.95 at CreateSpace http://goo.gl/pQ7fej and will soon be available as paperback on amazon.com (it takes up to 5 days to list).
Soul Insights is also available as a Kindle book for $6.95 at http://goo.gl/OgLpIB
105 people took advantage of my free Kindle copy promotion.
Visit my author page on amazon at http://amazon.com/author/cedareden and goodreads at http://goodreads.com/cedareden
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Blog postI wrapped you in my loving arms
More than you received, you gave that love to others
Knowing you would always be filled up with my love
You held my hand through times of great tribulation
You stood with the great truth at your side
And now this shall be your reward
Go forth in life and accept the goodness I shall lay in your path
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Surely goodness and loving kindness will follow me all the da -
Blog postTune out the self, the negative, the self-critical
Listen for the voice of the Great I Am
You are a jewel, set in this life to shine
Open your mind, take in the Holy
Open your heart, bathe in the Glory
Love your Self, then
Shine with the power of the Spirit within
Sing Holy, sing Glory
Sing of the love that cannot be contained
Sing for the Spirit within you surrounds you
Sing for your Self, for the power of each day
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Blog postMy new book, "Soul Insights: Poems for Contemplative Meditation for Christians Bridging the New Age" will be available for the Kindle FREE for five days starting Friday Oct 18, after which it will be available for $6.95. Visit http://goo.gl/OgLpIB
Amazon Prime members can borrow the book NOW for FREE.
FYI, you can get the Kindle reader app FREE for your iPhone, iPad, Android device, PC, MAC, or Blackberry at http://goo.gl/K4XnOg -
Blog post"Soul Insights: Poems for Contemplative Meditation for Christians Bridging the New Age" will be available for the Kindle FREE for five days starting Friday Oct 18, after which it will be available for $6.95. Visit http://goo.gl/OgLpIB
Amazon Prime members can borrow the book NOW for FREE.
FYI, you can get the Kindle reader app FREE for your iPhone, iPad, Android device, PC, MAC, or Blackberry at http://goo.gl/K4XnOg -
Blog postMy new book, "Soul Insights: Poems for Contemplative Meditation" is now available for Kindle at
http://goo.gl/OgLpIB
What if 95% of your life was spiritual and 5% daily existence, instead of the other way around, as you live it now? It is a choice that takes as much diligence as any other life choice. The reward is peace, comfort, oneness with the Spirit. This book provides contemplative poetry for meditation and devotion, transcribed messages from the Holy Spirit. -
Blog postMy new book, "Soul Insights: Poems for Contemplative Meditation" is now available for Kindle at
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Blog postI've been too long my feet firmly planted
Drifting aimless, my mind on earthly things
Heal me. Take my hand. Lift me up.
Enwrap me in universal love.
Focus my eyes on Holy things
Be my all and everything.
My life, wrapped in You
I breathe you in. And in my exhalation
The power to share your Holy breath “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
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Blog postAs my book nears publication (Kindle Version), I have updated the cover art.
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Blog postAnnual cicadas buzz in the early light
Dew sparkles across the lawn
The heady smell of lilies blooming by the cabin
Corn tassels tremble in the slightest breeze
Releasing their pollen to drift across fresh pink silk -
Blog postAbove,
An obsidian sky,
Stars cold and steady.
Below,
Not a breeze stirs,
Not a single insect calls. -
Blog postThese are the theme songs of my life, arranged in chronological order by approximate age. Some day I may explain each one - the reasons are not as apparent as you might think.
Age 14 - The Joker, The Steve Miller Band
Age 18 - I'll Be Home, Randy Newman
Age 22 - She Blinded Me with Science, Thomas Dolby
Age 23 - The Coldest Night of the Year, Bruce Cockburn
Age 24 - The Boys of Summer, Don Henley
Age 25 - Holding Back the Years, Simply Red
Age 29 - Follo -
Blog postThis summer I noticed what looked like a bunch of giant dandelion seed heads on the side of the field near our mail box. But it isn't a dandelion at all. What I was looking at we're the seed heads of Salsify or Goatsbeard. Tragopogon is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Some species, such as the Purple Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) have edible taproots. The young shoots and leaves can also be eaten. According to Wikipedia, the taste of Purple Salsify root .is d
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Blog postThe female crab spider is a master of camouflage, with the ability to switch its color to match the flower on which it sits over a period of several days. The one we commonly see blending into flowers is of the genus Thomisus. Now scientists are wondering why they bother.
Science News (reported by Wired Magazine) reports that "Contrary to the textbook scenario, though, a white spider on a white flower doesn’t catch more prey than a white spider moved to a yellow flower, resear -
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Blog postI'm told that this banjo was played in the Paul Whitman Band in the 1930s. If so, these are period images of this instrument.
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Blog postDirty yellow on the southern horizon
Cold steel grey spread across the shallow sky
Trees, light green with new leaves of spring,
Sway in an arctic breeze
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Blog postSelection of my acoustic songs on upcoming album, "Summer Fading . . ."
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Blog postSurround yourself with goodness
Be open to the pull of the universe
Let yourself be guided by currents that surround you
Yield to the forces of good in your life
Forces only felt when you focus on the goodness that surrounds you
We live within the currents of the universal
Goodness swirls around us, forming eddies in our lives Be open to the flow of the universal currents
Seek them, flow with them, follow them
Like dust that swirls within beams of -
Blog postWe are born whole, complete
From the moment we leave our mother's womb we spend the rest of our lives
searching for that wholeness, that oneness, complete God is always there, nurturing, guiding
Waiting for us to find him
This is God's prevenient grace watching over us
And though we can never find that completeness in this lifetime We can open our hearts to the One guiding spirit
And become more than we are,
With eyes focused beyond the mortal plane
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Blog postInterested in the complete, fully indexed sermons of John Wesley? Buy my Kindle book at http://goo.gl/64eJN
These are the collected 141 sermons of John Wesley, father of the Methodist Church. Sermons are indexed by number, title, and scriptural reference. Over 1,000 pages long, this document is not available in print and is a valuable reference for anyone who preaches the Gospel, is a United Methodist, or is interested in furthering their Christian education. -
Blog postHow trite to say, "Oh heart of mine"
Yet said heart has long sat broken
Not broken, nay, but empty, say,
For lack of word soft spoken
Can ever come the tender tongue
To lay calloused muscle open
So enters in a new begin
True love once more be spoken?
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