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I finally got a chance to read this. Thank you for the field notes! I enjoyed the hawk and the sounds of the Osprey and grackles. I used to live in south Austin and work at Woodward and hwy 71 so this post brought back so many memories.

I live in Capitol Hill Seattle now and just saw you will be at Elliott this week - I’m new to your work but I’ll try to stop by and say hi. 😊

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Thank you! Please do some by Elliott Bay Thursday if you can 🙏

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Nov 4Liked by Christopher Brown

Well!! I was looking out the window in the upstairs yoga room at Town Lake YMCA trying to move my surgically altered shoulders into a semblance of Warrior 2, with that fine view of the Independent (Jenga Tower) when it hit me: You've got the birds of prey aloft on the rising hot air currents due to our sick anthropocene climate, paired with the rising tide of fascism... and other dark chords. This, in addition to yet another new word I learned to day, premonitory. Which adds yet another ominous note in this election eve post. I'm on my way to the Vinland Sagas, bro.

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Thanks, Jesse! See you in Vinland 🍇

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Nov 3Liked by Christopher Brown

Received my pre-ordered copy of "A Natural History of Empty Lots." Enjoying it very much. Although I think you are a little crazy to continue living in Texas, I am fascinated by your knowledge of the native flora and fauna of south Texas. We lived three years in the Midland-Odessa area where the flora was mesquite and shinnery, and the fauna was cockroaches and crows :)

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Thanks so much! You might enjoy this piece of Transpecos nature writing at the Oxford American from Brendan Egan, a writer who teaches at Midland College: https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-120-spring-2023/five-hours-from-someplace-beautiful

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I'd never heard of Aud the deep-minded and that was a rabbit hole worth going down! Always learning something new.

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She is a really fascinating figure — I may have to check out the novels that someone apparently wrote with her as the central character. Thanks for reading!

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Love the title - I have tickseed in a couple of planting beds around my house, and I love both its bright flowers and the way it's constantly trying to increase its own footprint with basically zero effort on my part ever. A plant with gumption.

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