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Down To Earth archive for Nov. 13, 2009

FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 2009

Friday Quote II: A Richard Hugo poem 

Cataldo Mission (for Jim and Lois Welch)by Richard HugoWe come here tourist on a bad sky day,warm milk at 15,000 and the swamp acrossthe freeway blinding white. No theoryto explain the lack of saint, torn tapestry.Pews seem built for pygmies, and a drunkonce damned mosquitoes…

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Friday Quote

“Presidents since Theodore Roosevelt have recognized that the Grand Canyon, America’s national icon, must be preserved for future generations to enjoy. Now it’s time for Congress to safeguard the Grand Canyon from threats posed by the 1872 mining law and permanently protect this natural wonder.”…

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