The Black Hills

As lost as my name, I have begun my internship with an open mind to new ecosystems and opportunities. A chance to explore my new forests, inhabited by pine and juniper, with only a few deciduous neighbors who only swing by to say hello. Not the eastern hardwoods I have grown to love. To know each tree not only by leaves, but bark, and seed, twigs and all. To watch my step, not only to avoid my herbaceous friends, but to destroy their intrusive and annoying companions from overseas. Yet, in a new world with little knowledge besides what I have read in books, I tread lightly. Not knowing who I may desire to remove from this new ecosystem and who deserves the right to flourish. The lack of comprehension with this new outdoor world excites me to a level near fear. I have five months to gain knowledge of what some study for their lives; I have five months to help collect the seed of species which may fall from fires more intense than ever; I have five months to learn to write in a non-scientific style; and I have five months to find me.

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About I found myself lost

I found myself in Ohio from birth and throughout my live until the age of 25. A state which I love, but have left behind many times. Since my first excursions as a child up to Canada with my family, I have set fourth on my own to explore the world. 2005 was the first year I ventured far from my home. Mexico it was, traveling around the cultural icons from centuries ago. Australia followed in 2007. Working my way around the land down under for an endangered species breeding program was amazing and so was Sydney, in all of her glory. This taste for travel only grew. However, I forgot to discover the land I live in. Ney York, Florida, California, Montana and Wyoming were all stops I made. Then the international bug bit. Finished with my masters and just enough money to get me home I was off. Ukraine. The country I most likely would visit in the cold death of winter. Days of -8F as a high. After a month, I found myself back home. Ohio. The Buckeye State. The state closest to my heart of all. Yet, with great strugle in my heart, I left her once again to explore. Now, and for longer than ever, I left her. Onwards and upwards I shall continue to go, but I shall always return to my love, OHIO.

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