Josh Mabie

Associate professor of English at UW-Whitewater (environmental and c19 lit). Exiled mountaineer. Aspiring farmer.

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I wrote about my apple trees for @FrontPorchRepub . Spoiler alert: I come around to hope even though we don’t have any blossoms here in Wisconsin yet.

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.@JDMabie planted apple trees while the coronavirus spread. Is such work a sentimental distraction, or might it be a way of practicing hope? (Also, don’t miss his photos that accompany the essay.) https://t.co/pFq50wmb3F

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Great stuff from Ms. Elmira Beyer in Mazama Journal 1963.

“With the prospect of fulfilling this goal and competing with my energetic husband, I began preparations for making a climb [of Mt Hood.”

...

“I compared each step with the 16 hours of labor I had with my first child.”

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“In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.”

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@DaeganMiller Pretty slim but mke has only sent in 60%. Not many other votes out there. I’d bet Johnson’s lead can only get smaller from here on. 🤞

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Still a lot of 414 votes to count tonight.

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@DaeganMiller I don’t think Acheson is still at it, but man, his farm in Barrett Swanson’s hands in this @Orion_Magazine piece from a few years back.

https://t.co/n3E8i9G69D

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@buildwithdarius Thanks Darius!

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@brent_mathison @PlacesJournal Thanks Brent!

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@ediblememory @PlacesJournal Thanks for the tip on the Ag Census Jennifer. I haven’t thought to check it.

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Super excited to have “American Barn” up at @PlacesJournal this morning.

I’m so grateful for editors Francis Richard and Nancy Levinson, the two most generous and capable collaborators I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with.

https://t.co/pym4ZFrrAz

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Old school #barns are obsolete—and not spaceworthy!—but can still do cultural work to support small-scale agriculture, explains @JDMabie

https://t.co/EgYwRetw5D via @PlacesJournal

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@stbrigidpress Gorgeous!

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Teaching A RAISIN IN THE SUN this morning, and I’m thinking about Travis finally selling the house his grandma bought for 10k so he can move into assisted living.

https://t.co/4zDziAvu6o

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@jenniferrenu Peggy putting a drop ceiling in her brownstone in Mad Men.

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@DaeganMiller Waves of melancholy washed over when I saw how old he is in this version. Of course he’s a grandfather but man.

https://t.co/sKykocv6mN

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Wisconsin Public Radio did a garden-themed @SimplyFolkWPR show back in spring 2019. I bet they’d send you a play list if you emailed them.

https://t.co/2VDxqFBD8M

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@DaeganMiller This one is new to me, but, my goodness it’s fantastic. I’d read that essay. Probably by firelight on cold winter’s night.

Our lives pass on from door to door
Dust upon the wooden floor
Feather rain and thunder roar
We need not know the reason

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20 out of my 22 freshman in class today didn’t know the name Rodney King.

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@melnickjeffrey1 Barbès
[phone]
https://t.co/0loPY9mo8f

I’ve only spent one night in Brooklyn and it was here.

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Really struggling to finish grading tonight.

Grateful for the Jazz Liberatorz who are getting me across the finish line.