prairieczar

Relying on food pantries at key moments throughout my childhood really shaped a lot of my world view today.

Current mood

a man in a suit is standing in a bathroom next to a paper towel dispenser and a netflix logo ALT: a man in a suit is standing in a bathroom next to a paper towel dispenser and a netflix logo

Writing an article for a national park and recreation magazine is waaaayyy out of my comfort zone.

Car driver hits a curb.
Neighbors: these curbs are dangerous!

Car driver hits a kid.
Neighbors: these kids are dangerous!

Pssst! 🗣👂🏼it's the cars. 🙉🚗🧠

As a Tulsa/KC person, so many good references 😂

Me too!

YouTube video by Ottawa Bike and Trail, LLC Bianchi Grizzly Restoration | Reviving a 90s Mountain Bike Classic

Two of my friends restoring a 1990s mountain bike! youtu.be/fiSP6OvNW6Q?...

Taking in Sandinista, in one session, with some whiskey tonight.

Two walks, 100 frisbees!

Anna agrees!

RSD release from 2018

wild that many of my post college employees are tracked by their parents 24/7

Jealous!

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K-shaped economy: Why the wealthy are thriving as most Americans fall behind The markets have climbed higher despite continuing concerns around the shutdown, tariffs and inflation. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have set records more than 30 times this year and other data suggest the ...

Still thinking about this story this morning. Supposedly the creature comforts of even the poorest Americans keep us from revolting as the scales tip further.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

And it’ll all get put on the kids, not the road design or cars.

Tomorrow AM will be the best nap of your life!

The U.S. sold this tribe’s land illegally. It’s now the latest Native group to get its home back The United States government promised the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation about 1,280 acres of Illinois reservation in an 1829 treaty. Instead, the U.S sold all of it illegally to white settlers. The Prairie Band is now the latest tribe in the Midwest and Great Plains to get some of their ancestral home back.

Indigenous communities across the country have been fighting to get back land once promised to their ancestors. The Prairie Band, one of the latest tribes in the Midwest and Great Plains, won their fight earlier this year.

I immediately judge people that don’t bag at Trader Joe’s 😂

All the Waylon today.

Wild Child is my favorite bar in KC! The NA selections are equal to the cocktails.

Phenomenal!

Scissortailed flycatcher watercolor

Commissioned a grassland bird painting for my wife. The dyes were harvested from grapevine, sumac, and other local plants! Love how it turned out.

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Monarch butterfly and a bumblebee on New England aster plant

Two bee species gathering flower on an aster stalk

Orange Sulphur and bee on New England aster. Colias species are dependent on legumes as catapillers, and we have a ton of senna in these plots.

I love visiting my AMF inoculation experiments across every season. AMF diversity supports forbs, and floral diversity across seasons keeps wildlife thriving year-round. These New England asters still blooming in October host orange sulphurs, monarch butterflies, and some busy bees!

Gazing ball and aromatic aster in a front yard

Monarch butterfly on tropical milkweed

Monarch butterfly caterpillar

The garden is winding down 😢

In Minnesota, giant fish statues along roadsides are a signal to pull over and start casting Follow the state's fish sculptures while seeking a limit.

You really need to hit northern Minnesota for the giant fish statue experience! www.startribune.com/minnesota-ro...

I’m still bitter that he’s not VP

My perfect 10/10 1980s album.

Nature is so incredibly powerful to the developing minds of youth. Grab your children and get outside this weekend!