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Madi's Mountains

A Nature Blog


Airfield Trail
When we filmed our nature video we decided to explore some more of Fort Worth and their trails so we drove out to the Airfields trail...

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Dec 8, 20182 min read


A walk in the forest
While I was home during Thanksgiving break I also got an opportunity to go on a gentler walk. This trail starts off at the same place as...

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Dec 8, 20182 min read


Butzel Hill
During Thanksgiving break I had the opportunity to go home to Boulder, Colorado and enjoy the Rocky Mountains for a few days. While I was...

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Dec 8, 20182 min read


The Amon G. Carter Museum
Today in class we went to the Amon G. Carter museum to observe their collection of nature paintings. Sadly, a large part of the museum...

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Dec 8, 20181 min read


Annie Dillard and her view on life
To prepare for todays class we read an excerpt of Annie Dillard’s work called ‘Fecundity’. In this Dillard used vivid imagery and small...

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Dec 8, 20182 min read


A night of stars and lighting
I attended the 19th Annual North Texas Skywatch Star Party on Saturday November third, which is were a bunch of amateur astronomers set...

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Dec 8, 20182 min read


Nature Observation 3: The art of Vines
On November 14th on one chilly afternoon, while walking around campus I found a beautiful art piece where I had never seen one before....

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Nov 15, 20182 min read


Abbey and Thoreau Parallels:
Edward Abbey although living almost a century after Henry David Thoreau was seemed to share many common thoughts. Although Abbeys writing...

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Oct 14, 20182 min read


Thoughts on Thoreau:
In the course Text and Treks I have had my first exposer to the writings of Henry David Thoreau, who I had heard of before but never...

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Oct 14, 20182 min read
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