Where the creek enters our property there is a spot on the ground that stays wet even during droughts. There’s a spring that exits beneath a rock just uphill. We call this wet spot ‘The Seep’, or as my husband … Read the rest “Wildlife Crossing At the Seep”
Category: Musings
This is an index of posts that fall into my “Musings” category. Usually it’s on a topic that has no other defined focus, but sometimes these are also my philosophical-type posts. Subscribe to Wild Ozark™ » Musings by Email
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Barn Swallows on the Porch, Condor on a stump, things that make me smile.
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Revert to Wild | Catching up after a trip away from Wild Ozark
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Wattle Fence: a Garden Project Spilling Over to Garden Art Project
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Ramble on: Orchids, Old Homesteads, and Garden Cleanup
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Making Paint, Painting in Progress & My To-do List
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Wander! That’s my 2026 word of the year
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Looking back on 20 years of roughing it in the Ozarks – Happy Thanksgiving 2025
This is a gratitude story about surviving the hardships of making the leap from a suburban life to rural and remote. I wrote this post in 2015 to celebrate a decade out here at Wild Ozark, and these are all … Read the rest “Looking back on 20 years of roughing it in the Ozarks – Happy Thanksgiving 2025”
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The kinds of things I notice
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A Poem by Joanna Macy
Yesterday I learned that Joanna Macy died on July 19, 2025. I heard about it on For the World podcast (a podcast I highly recommend, by the way!) Here’s a link to it:
https://forthewild.world/listen/joanna-macy-on-the-world-as-lover-and-self-homage
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This is an … Read the rest “A Poem by Joanna Macy”
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Sepia Dreams, But First…the Cedar Problem
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Finding the Balance Between my Creative Life and Business Goals
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Disorganized Space | Time for Studio Cleaning & Organizing
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What Comes First? The subject, or the palette?
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Little Things can Make a Big Impact
