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Russian around Jerseyman, I eagerly await the visit of my Russian colleague Dmitry and his girlfriend. My wife, Pat, Pat – the Water Rat, will be our kayaking guide. The guests wish to see blue holes and savannah habitat. We finish the field day with local BBQ that will be carefully...

Pinelands silcrete in its native state In the Pines there are scattered silcrete exposures. Many a farmer behind a horse-drawn plow flipped over when their coulter (cutting point) or ploughshare unexpectedly struck one of these rocks. The original photo is temporarily misplaced, so this printed...

meadow ore GermanG, In a pinch, I once held up a piece of Jersey ironstone when lecturing about savannah geomorphology and cultural use. Afterwards Ted Gordon politely reprimanded me for the misdeed, and rightly so! Hard Jersey-stone, rich in sand and pebbles, would have been a lousy...

Crawling out from under a rock… Rockees and Rockettes! Due to Jerseyman’s persistence in prodding, I must leave my studies to visit this vexing issue if only to cure my own scientific curiosity. This entails leaving my comfort zone to lurk in the land of petrology (i.e., rock origin and...

Agreed Mark, Jerseyman never ceases to amaze us with a keen eye for the relevant. His diligence is greatly appreciated. I’m struck by Watson’s comment, “The trade too, in iron-castings, while the fuel there was abundant, was very great.” It is my understanding that lack of wood for charcoal...

a Friday night venue Hi Bob, The audience turnout was very good, especially for a Friday night venue! We stayed until 9:30 PM in keen discussion over various aspects of climate change, cultural settlement, and groundwater dynamics. It was great fun to present to a lay audience that had...

Hello friends, I have the honor of presenting at the new Jakes Run Nature Center this Friday, April 17 (7:00 to 9:30 PM). http://www.ocean.nj.us/parks/Lecture%20Programs.html The talk will include both cultural and environmental geographic elements of the Pine Barrens, new insight into...