The most famous ‘little log cabin in the woods’ is probably the one in which Abraham Lincoln grew up in Kentucky. It …
Mike Pole
Mike Pole
From New Zealand. Traveling the weyward path trying to figure out how the world works. I study fossil plants, past climates, travel, walk, hike, read, take photos, struggle with computer graphics and plant trees.
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FireNew Zealand paleobotanyNew Zealand plant fossils
Miocene Rain and Fire Forests of Bannockburn
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleCanungra is the perfect place to stop for a snack on the drive up to O’Reilly’s/Lamington National Park in southeastern Queensland. On …
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Cheap Eats Nanjing
Cheap Eats Nanjing 24 – the Mysterious Vanishing Sushi Shop
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIt happens so often. I chance across a place in a city – then fruitlessly search high and low for it again. …
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I noticed Miss Tasha when it opened. But for quite a while I kept walking past – I wasn’t sure what it …
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Boring weekends, I’d sometimes head around the block to a little bakery in Danfeng St. I’d pick up a little selection of …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Miocene Swamp Forests of St Bathans, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe white sands and muds surrounding Blue and ‘Grey’ Lakes at St Bathans were laid down in a braided river (Manuherikia Group; …
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History/ArchaeologyTravelTravel stories
The Day I Walked Around the Roman Empire
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWhen Emperor Constantine woke up on May 28, 1453, it would have been to the depressing thought that it was likely his last …
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Ah, the eternal quest for a kiwi in China to find …. cheese. I foraged far and wide, and finally, one evening, …
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Everyone warned me about Chinese New Year in Nanjing. I listened, sure, but I guess I couldn’t believe that it would be …
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