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Professor of Philosophy, Religion, Classics, and Environmental Studies. I study fish and forests, and the cultural ideas that connect them. Current home: South Dakota. Former homes: NY, VT, NM, PA, España. Canon for Creation Care, Episcopal Diocese of SD.
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A little light reading about the biblical idea of cities of refuge, for those who didn’t know that this was part of the tradition. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_...

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Jesus’ students were pretty diverse, and he told them to make his school as diverse as possible.

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‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

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sometimes you just want to be by yourself to read for a while

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“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” Epistle of St. James, 1.27

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Sketches from the Omega Institute: https://davoh.org/2025/06/25/sketches-from-the-omega-institute.html

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Daily Sketch: https://davoh.org/2025/06/25/daily-sketch.html

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Daily sketch

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A walk in the woods.🍄

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A note to my students: https://davoh.org/2025/06/23/a-note-to-my-students.html

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Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. (Psalm 146)

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Tiny bee in small flower; fly approaches to join the feast.

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timeline cleanse

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Rain for Claire: https://davoh.org/2025/06/12/rain-for-claire.html

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Ladybug on cup plant

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I hope to take a PhD student in the coming application cycle. Please reach out if you are interested in joining our lab in EEB at Yale, especially if interested in working on the natural history/ phylogenetics/ morphology/ population biology/ development/ genomics of siphonophores. dunnlab.org

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Damselfly, drying out its new wings as it transitions from its life underwater to its life as a creature that can fly. Life is full of fascinating changes, and small beauties.

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Drove past this deer on a dirt road yesterday. Stopped long enough to say hi and snap a photo.

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Herons on the Big Sioux River this morning.

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Strawberries and mice for Felix: https://davoh.org/2025/06/09/strawberries-and-mice-for-felix.html

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Stairs

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While I have taught about A.I. and used A.I. in the classroom in the past, this fall I will be emphasizing those things that machines can’t do for me: conversation, contemplation, commentary. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...

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“As you sow, so shall you reap.”: https://davoh.org/2025/06/06/as-you-sow-so-shall.html

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Letters to my Grandchildren: https://davoh.org/2025/06/02/letters-to-my-grandchildren.html

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Mother wood duck and some of her ducklings in the campus pond.

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POV: you’re a bee small enough to get lost inside a dandelion. Hylaeus bees (I think this is one of them, but I’m not 100% sure) are amazing. Here it is, perched on a single petal of a dandelion.

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Word on the street. (Technically, words on the footbridge over Beaver Creek near Brandon, South Dakota.)

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What has it got in its pocketses? Some of my sketching EDC, in two photos.

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The bigger your org, the greater the chance that there’s someone in your org who keeps things working well behind the scenes. Find out who that person is and quietly figure out how to give them what they need to do their job well.

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One of the few newsletters I read every week comes from this guy, @jthingelstad www.thingelstad.com/2025/05/1…

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Graduation today. I’m gonna miss a lot of these kids.

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I am on sabbatical but I do come to campus for parties

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Postscript to my previous post: “Have you pen and ink, Master Doctor?” “A scholar is never without them, your Majesty,” answered Doctor Cornelius. – C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, ch. 13

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Blue Books, Journals, and Letters to the Future: https://davoh.org/2025/05/24/blue-books-journals-and-letters.html

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More on Urban Prairie Gardens: https://davoh.org/2025/05/23/more-on-urban-prairie-gardens.html

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