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By Lynn Retzlaff - DOTR eNeighborhood Editor 
If you have traveled Wisconsin Highway 26 between Fort Atkinson and Milton Wisconsin, your curiosity might have been piqued by noticeable activity on the east side of the highway near Pond Road. A dozen or so people could be seen wearing reflective vests, carrying tools and setting up tarps. Vehicles were often lined up on the side of the road and workers seen crossing the highway. Let me offer you a sneak peek at what’s going on. |
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A River's Life, A River's Legacy
reprinted from ontheRock magazine ~ the DOTR founding publication 
I am a frequent visitor to the Rock River. I slip in quietly and let my canoe take me past communities of cliff swallows, through gaggles of fuzzy new geese, around ancient oak stumps on which a turtle dawdles. I wonder at how much life this river sustains, at the power it holds, at it's ability to endure though each of us, human and beast, draws from it continually. Sometimes, I close my eyes and imagine the river dammed only by beaver, its' banks rich with prairie forbs and tall grasses, and dotted with Native American
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It is so quiet. But it is difficult, today, to maintain my vision as the exigencies of life press in; the river, too, struggles as we crowd it with more vigor and intensity than did our predecessors, though they, too, sought the river's sustaining strength. These ancient waters that support our lives today hold the tales, tragedies, and triumphs of those who came before us. I go to the river to listen, and this is what I hear.
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Spirituality & Nature
by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
www.dalailama.com I think you came here with some expectation, bur essentially I've nothing to offer you. Simply, I'll try to share some of my own experiences and my views. You see, taking care of the planet is nothing special, nothing sacred, and nothing holy. It is something like taking care of our own house. We have no other planet or house except this one. Although there are a lot of disturbances and problems, this is our only alternative. We can't go to other planets. For example, take the moon; it looks or appears beautiful from a distance bur if you go there and settle there it is horrible. This is what I think. So you see, our blue planet is much better and happier. So, therefore, we have to care of our- own place or house or planet.
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 Cho Oyu (or Qowowuyag; in Nepal, Tibetan in Wylie transliteration: jo bo dbu yag, Pinyin: Zhuó'àoyǒu Shān) is the sixth highest mountain in the world. Cho Oyu lies in the Himalayas and is 20 km west of Mount Everest, at the border between China and Nepal. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. Miltonite, Skip Drew is a seasoned international mountaineer and although he is not with his friends as they summit Cho Oyu, he graciously shared their blog. Enjoy the adventure! First, Click Here to learn more about the mountain. Then, start climbing Here. Remember you always have to start at the bottom, so do so as you read on. To a safe journey!
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