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The Future of Impeded Stream
"It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work"
Oct 6, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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August 2023
In Defense of Brunch Rock
Brunch Rock (noun.) A multi-genre selection of music that can comfortably be played at a sterile brunch restaurant in a mid-major Midwestern city…
Aug 7, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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July 2023
You Can't Smoke Dandelions (Take 2)
For many, many reasons.
Jul 19, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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You Can't Smoke Dandelions (Take 2)
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The Jungle
I stepped off my front porch into a dark rainforest that had not been there yesterday. The air was thick with moisture and mosquitoes that had not been…
Jul 7, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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June 2023
Slow Summer Dust
It's entirely too dry. The dust is coming. If only we hadn't uprooted the whole prairie to plant corn and soybeans.
Jun 15, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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Slow Summer Dust
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May 2023
In Pontiac
Chief Pontiac never visited Pontiac, Illinois. The myths of Americana are better that way.
May 18, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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In Pontiac
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The Jungle
Or, the eruption of a previously dry Spring.
May 15, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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April 2023
Violets in the Kitchen
Nature has a way of coming through the cracks in the door. She welcomes herself uninvited, having her way with the gardens. This gives me a choice…
Apr 28, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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Violets in the Kitchen
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Before a Needed Spring Rain
Everything is quiet and beautiful, but the tension in my spine is coming from the whole planet's soul that is twisted up tight, wound and charged to…
Apr 19, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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Before a Needed Spring Rain
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Outside of Town, on the First April Monday
Pulled over on a winding country road near a cow pasture and the Mackinaw River
Apr 3, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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March 2023
Water
Flooded ditches and fields are an annual reminder that we may be landlocked, but we have Water. Or, Water has us.
Mar 27, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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A Better Life for my Children
I will suffer and rejoice. I will accept want and plenty. I will feel love and grief on the ground where I am planted.
Mar 14, 2023
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Nick Rynerson
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