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		<title>Rail Trail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s mundane, really, this crushed gravel trail passing through farmer&#8217;s fields and woodlots, following the ghosts of past trains.  With its absurdly gradual grade and perfectly manicured surface, it doesn&#8217;t seem right to even call it a trail.  This is more like a sidewalk devoid of concrete, cutting through the countryside.  This trail couldn&#8217;t be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too Early for Spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A cardinal sings its heart out from a nearby tree.  The ground out my back door is barren, muddy and soft.  The first light arrives before breakfast and lasts until dinnertime.  Something wild is stirring within me now, but it&#8217;s way too early for spring.  Here in the North Country, we know better.  We know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.woodswanderer.com/2010/03/03/too-early-for-spring/</link>
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		<title>The Madness of Civilization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Civilization is indoor plumbing, a dependable food supply, health care, waste management and the social contract among other things, not to mention a host of amenities. Civilization is good for so many reasons that I am reluctant to speak ill of it, even when I&#8217;m feeling the wildest of urges.  Then comes tax time and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.woodswanderer.com/2010/02/24/the-madness-of-civilization/</link>
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		<title>Winter Hike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several inches of hard-packed snow lay beneath an inch of fluffy stuff, making conditions good for hiking, so I left my snowshoes behind when I went to Honey Hollow last week.  With a rucksack loaded full of essentials and my dog, Matika, at my side, I started up the narrow lane.  The lane was closed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.woodswanderer.com/2010/02/18/winter-hike/</link>
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		<title>A Wild Urge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a big fan of winter.  I envy those with winter sports to keep them outside all day.  When I go for a winter walk, it rarely lasts more than an hour or two.  I have snowshoes but only strap them on when conditions demand it.  I&#8217;d rather just walk, and dream of early [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.woodswanderer.com/2010/02/08/a-wild-urge/</link>
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		<title>An Antiquated Humanism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I finished reading a book called The History of Nature and drew surprising insight from it.  I found the obscure tome in the science section of a used bookstore a few years ago.  The book was published in 1949 so you can imagine how out of date the science in it is.  But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.woodswanderer.com/2010/02/02/an-antiquated-humanism/</link>
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		<title>Wind across Lake Ice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was waiting in line at the grocery store earlier today, trying to figure out how Octo-mom got her bikini body, when suddenly it occurred to me that I&#8217;m not spending enough time outdoors.  My excuse is that I&#8217;m hard at work on my literary projects during the winter, but the truth is I&#8217;d rather [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.woodswanderer.com/2010/01/26/wind-across-lake-ice/</link>
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		<title>A Murder of Crows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went out at dusk yesterday to throw the ball for my dog, Matika, in the back yard.  While I was out there, a bunch of crows flew overhead, then a bunch more.  Then a great, dark stream of them flew past – hundreds of them, then hundreds more.  Their passing took five minutes.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.woodswanderer.com/2010/01/18/a-murder-of-crows/</link>
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		<title>Getting into Winter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been a big fan of winter, and after shoveling the white stuff for a few days, I begin to hate it.  But it&#8217;s unhealthy to live in a place like Vermont and stay home from the first snow flurry of the season to the last.  So even now, in the middle of winter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.woodswanderer.com/2010/01/11/getting-into-winter/</link>
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		<title>Guerilla Goodness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of people trying to make the world a better place – philanthropists, activists, idealists, and the occasional self-proclaimed philosopher like me.  Sometimes we actually accomplish good things.  Sometimes our intentions are good but the consequences of our ideas or actions only make things worse.  Usually we attract a great deal of attention [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.woodswanderer.com/2010/01/04/guerilla-goodness/</link>
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