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  • Arbor Day Musings of Perseverance

    • Posted April 28, 2022
    • by rickvuyst

    There are gardens to grow, seeds to sow, trees to plant and relationships to nurture. As we do this we reflect like Jefferson on the finiteness of our own lifespan. If we can balance inevitable change with well grounded unshakeable virtues and beliefs, we temper some of the sadness of time wasted and opportunities squandered. We make a difference.

  • An Earth Day Story

    • Posted April 21, 2022
    • by rickvuyst

     In the American colonies intellectual ferment sowed the seeds of revolution by the likes of Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Ben Franklin, James Madison, George Washington and Jared Eliot. Jared Eliot? Jared Eliot was a…Continue Reading

  • April fools? No April snow.

    • Posted April 18, 2022
    • by rickvuyst

    Nothing unusual here. We’ve seen it many times in Michigan. April snow. As recently as April 15, 2020. The difference today, April 18, 2022, is that the landscape is not as advanced this year as…Continue Reading

  • Bloodroot in bloom

    Looking for Spring on the trail

    • Posted April 7, 2022April 7, 2022
    • by rickvuyst

    In April I run the Kent Trails often to prepare for the 5th 3rd River Bank 25K run in May. One of the benefits of this training (aside from cardiovascular benefit) is the emergence of…Continue Reading

  • Bird sightings

    • Posted February 10, 2022February 10, 2022
    • by rickvuyst

    A photo of eagles that soared over my head and a snowy owl that flew towards me. Each moment is a gift as I hike the dunes and patiently await spring in West Michigan.

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