Author: DXO
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In Praise of Invasives
Naturalists like to talk about "invasives" in derisive terms. Here's a snip from the wikipeida entry for the term: They disrupt by dominating a region, wilderness areas, particular habitats, and/or wildland-urban interface land from loss of natural controls (i.e.: predators or herbivores). This includes non-native invasive plant species labeled as exotic pest plants and invasive…
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Wildflowers of Michigan
I love nature– experiencing the simple joy of flowers, shrubs, plants, clouds, lake water— all that stuff. I also like to think myself a student of how we approach nature. I love how we fix it to be just so, like in my periodic shots of the retention pond outside of the California Pizza Kitchen…
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Logan Square Land Use: Mega Mall Block Through Time — Emptiness, Movie Theaters and Auto Dealerships
Lately, after having been schooled by architecture & design educator Jen Masengarb on the topic, I have had a mini-obsession with Sanborn Fire Maps in Chicago. She obtained a set of maps for the area around my apartment in Logan Square for 1896, 1921, and 1950 and helped me (and some other nerds) analyze these…
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Picturing Pitching O’Neils
I like to take pictures. I like my children. I like it when my children pitch. I like talking pictures of my children pitching.
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Here’s a Bunch of Badasses Watching a Bunch of Badasses Getting Ready to Kill an Asshole Yesterday.