Nature Haibun -- Prose + Haiku | Nature Observation

Southern Women Sans Nylons: Haiku

ByDavid Kuhns June 15, 2019August 29, 2019

I was shocked to learn /
why Southern women dont wear/
nylons: Chiggers itch.

Off-the-Grid and Saving Resources

Saving Water – Bucket List Water Conservation
ByDavid Kuhns March 23, 2018March 23, 2018

Most folks agree: Water conservation is vital, since water is the most important resource on the planet. Having running water is almost as important. Wasting water is something that’s bothered me since I was a teenager. Becoming an independent water user was one of the first items on my “to do” list when I moved…

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Natural Health | Nature Observation

Feel Nature: Get Outside Often
ByDavid Kuhns December 10, 2021December 12, 2021

We need to get outside, to breathe fresh air, to see the sun, to feel nature. There was a time, when I worked at Microsoft near Seattle, where I never saw the sun. Even now, memories of sitting in a closet-like room with no windows, where I had to walk out a door and look…

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Nature Observation | Nature's Guys Thinking and Pondering

Coon Hunt On The Chickamauga – Haibun
ByDavid Kuhns July 30, 2019July 30, 2019

The old coon hunter drove his pickup truck out to my place. Ever since I’d told him that Farmer Sims planted field corn in our meadow, he’d been excited about the possibilities of a coon hunt in my corn field. I’d picked up the phone earlier in the evening: “HELLO, BROTHER!” He practically yelled. “Do…

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Nature Haibun -- Prose + Haiku | Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Make A Redneck Birdbath: Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns October 13, 2019October 14, 2019

Old satellite dish,/ turned skyward, filled with water:/ Fine redneck birdbath.

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Nature Haibun -- Prose + Haiku | Nature Observation | Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Why Make And Maintain A Natural Yard: For The Birds, Bees and Butterflies
ByDavid Kuhns October 6, 2019October 7, 2019

Natural yards for the birds, bees and butterflies — and for the pleasure they brings human senses — are nothing new. I personally have created my own natural yard for decades, as has my brother. Where did that inspiration come from? Our forest ranger father, who taught all my siblings that lawns were silly, foolish,…

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Earth Day At 50 With Me: Haiku – Haibun Memory
ByDavid Kuhns April 22, 2020April 22, 2020

Earth Day’s 50! Then:/ I’m in Milwaukee’s River./ Now: I’ll plant Earth’s fields. Earth Day is 50! A half century ago I stood in the Milwaukee River in Estabrook Park near my home in Glendale, Wisconsin, loudly singing with other youth and cleaning out the old tires, mattress springs, tin cans and other junk that…

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