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Micki Colbeck

@mcolbeck.bsky.social

Naturalist and writer who goes out into the wild places just to be.

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Coming to Vermontβ€”Remembering Missouri Thank you, Jess

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06.06.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yell like hell.

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The little birds do sing so loud and we will too

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What does it take to make an orchid? A day in the fen

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Sharing from the big tree of life. When survival of the meanest is in charge

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Oscar Wilde.

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Humans are restless and the sky is thick with birds March comes to Vermont

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On Becoming Dog Around ten years ago, people started drifting away from here, the kids off to start their own lives, the grandkids off to school, and then, even my partner himself passed into the light, as some folks...

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Spring comes to a mourning world is it ok to feel joy?

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The Maddening Disconnect of Phone Therapy in β€œHappy to Help You,” featuring Amy Sedaris Jeremy Beiler’s short film follows a mental-health volunteer’s unravelling after a caller gets under his skin.

Two individuals, each with plenty of issues and their own communication quirks, collide on opposite ends of a mental-health helpline in Jeremy Beiler’s short film β€œHappy to Help You.” Watch it here.

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Ice breakup on the Ompompanoosuc.

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Strongheart and mightydog awaiting spring.

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First song sparrows warbling. Can I be happy now?

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In the good company of snow what Vermonters like

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12.03.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the good company of snow what Vermonters like

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I'm reading it now.

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Me too.

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Standing up for science at Dartmouth.

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We stood up for science today! Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

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Dartmouth Green, Hanover, NH.

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Image of Atul Gawande, with text at the top of the image that says Speaker Announcement and at the bottom that says Stand Up for Science, March 7th, 2025 and a link to standupforscience2025.org.

Image of Atul Gawande, with text at the top of the image that says Speaker Announcement and at the bottom that says Stand Up for Science, March 7th, 2025 and a link to standupforscience2025.org.

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! β˜€οΈ

Dr. Atul Gawande will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!

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More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! πŸ‘€β˜€οΈ

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Let's march, Vermont. JD heard us loud and clear. Let's keep it going. Montpelier.

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Stand up for Science rally this Friday on the Dartmouth Green, 12pm.

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We are organizing a Stand Up for Science rally at Dartmouth College!

When: This Friday, March 7th, at 12pm (noon)

Where: Center of the Dartmouth Green

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Another snowy winter Almost three decades ago my kids and I came to Vermont in search of

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Another snowy winter
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Little bits of beauty on a very cold Vermont day. Be strong.

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This is happening, right now.
The great "arribada" (arrival) of mother Olive Ridley sea turtles on the Odisha coast, where they dig sand-nests & lay their eggs, driven by ancient instinct.
Heart-lifting, magnificent, moving: part of a geography of hope.
🎞️ by Bivash Pandav via my friend Yuvan Aves.

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Vermonters marching for all of our rights.

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