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CHANGES
Every day, there are changes that happen hourly. Every season, there are changes that happen monthly. And every generation, there are changes that happen over the years. These daily, seasonal, and generational changes are inexorable and inescapable. At sunrise on … Continue reading
First Christmas
A first Christmas is a significant thing: the first Christmas in a relationship; the first Christmas after a wedding; a baby’s first Christmas; the first Christmas after the death of a loved one. In 1871 our homesteading family celebrated their … Continue reading
Native American Corridors and Core Areas
Native American Corridors and Core Areas The Kanaranzi Creek has memories to share. When the water is high in flood, clues to those memories erode out of the high banks and are deposited on the adjacent downstream sand bars. And, … Continue reading
The Creek as a Corridor for People
The traditional views of the origins of Thanksgiving involve Indians and Pilgrims sharing a meal to celebrate peaceful coexistence and the Fall harvest. In reality, the Indigenous people probably saved the colonial settlers from starvation and later interactions were hardly … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Farm History
Tagged dugout, homesteaders, Native American, Thanksgiving
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The Creek as Corridor: Wildlife
Stream valleys like the one that the Kanaranzi Creek occupies, provide natural corridors for the migration and movement of wildlife. The surrounding uplands are all planted in monoculture row-crops, so the pastures along the stream channels have diverse environmental mosaics … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Science, Life Science
Tagged connectivity, core area, migration, stream valleys
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Red Grass and Rock Art
This is the season when many native prairie grasses take on a red or purple color along the stems and out onto the leaves. There are several species that turn red, but big bluestem and little bluestem are two of … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn equinox, big bluestem, little bluestem, native prairie
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Civil War Connections
When the homesteaders came to the Farm, the Civil War had been over for about six years. Although there was no direct involvement by family members who lived here on the Farm, one of the sons (Grandpa George) married the … Continue reading
The Rock That Hides
The water level in the Creek after the rain last week was about 1 foot higher than a couple of days before that and 2 feet higher than several weeks ago. It hasn’t been this high since the spring of … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Science, Family History
Tagged bank ersion, big boulder, flood, high water
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Sustainable Agriculture
The first four generations of our farming history were reviewed in a post back in July, but this current one will concentrate on just the last two generations. The “environment” was not really a factor in the subsistence farming done … Continue reading
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Tagged agribusiness, conservation, NRCS, regenerative agriculture
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The Hunt for More Homesteaders’ Art
The post back in May describing Great-grandma Hattie Shurr’s artwork was followed up by one in July that featured more of her pictures. That second post also includes paintings done by two sisters-in-law in Murray County. This current post is … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, landscape painting, still life painting, women artists
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Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek 