Historic Blakeley

A CONVOCATION IN COMMUNION WITH TREES
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WORDS ON THE TONGUES OF TREES: THE NATURE OF SURVIVAL

Look. Behold. Contemplate the Hiding Tree in the heart of Mobile’s Tensaw Delta, the second sizeable delta in the contiguous United States.
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TO HONOR OUR EARTH, OUR DELTA LAND

A Council of All Being (an acrostic) Sue Brannan Walker
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WILLIAM BARTRAM & TRAVELLING

“I count it a small miracle that the Mobile-Tensaw Delta wilderness has survived mostly unscathed . . . . This three-hundred square-mile sanctuary would have been put to axe and plow generations ago if the powerful flows of two rivers had not secured it.” (Edward O. Wilson)
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FROM JULY DUEL TO DELTA: THE STORY OF AARON BURR

Former Alabama Poet Laureate Sue Walker reflects on one of the landmark events in the Delta's storied past.
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WHOLENESS & HOPE

Dr. Sue B. Walker contemplates the opportunity for peaceful contemplation offered by the park.
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THIS THEN – NOW -- 1822, 1826, 1828, 2020 Epidemic – Pandemic – Bad Air

Dr. Sue B. Walker reflects on deadly epidemics, both in Blakeley's heyday and in current times
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WHEN in APRIL

Former state poet laureate Sue Walker offers a poem about rivers based on childhood memories
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AIR & THE MOBILE-TENSAW DELTA: MAPPING WHAT TAKES PLACE IN OUR BELONGING WITH BIRDS

Some thoughts on virtual exploration of Blakeley "by air"
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THE FARAWARY NEARBY

A virtual conversation about Blakeley and the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.
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UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: EDWARD OSBORNE WILSON’S MEMOIR, NATURALIST

A review of the recently-published memoir of one of the nation's most acclaimed naturalists, Mobile's own E.O. Wilson
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A Walk Through Blakeley State Park

Trees in tardigrade motion enjoy the quidnunc of evening rain and bear testimony to peace
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