almost daily river picture, #1

Location: Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area, near Gowanda, New York.

Cattaraugus Creek

Taken September 5, 2011.

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another introduction

This may seem like more of an introduction than a regular post. And that's okay.

This blog, seemingky the third iteration of all of my previous geoscience-related ones, is different. Right, we've heard this one before. At least, for those of you who have stuck around.

My goal for this blog remains the same as all of the others: write. Let it out. I cannot possibly devote an entire academic career on top of an industrial one. So I will wander. And here is where I will provide you, my readers, however sparse or populous you may become.

This isn't for fame, for recognition. My career is not in fluvial systems, but my heart is. My heart, more discordant than my writing, more focused than my brain. Forgive my lapses in updates, trite to moderate to excessive post lengths and the rest of the shortcomings of this blog.

Also, I hate the word "blog." Sounds like I'm choking on something. A less-than-stellar academic career? Sure, that sounds about right.

This choking is about rivers. Water in general. Piles of sediment in slack water. Dogs swimming up a stream. Contaminants floating down the same. Rivers are something we all know. They're everywhere. Our lives, nature - they're all flows. Swift or stagnant.

We're all heading downstream in one way or another.

An introduction. All introductions.

It seems as though I've written too many blog introductions at this point.Thus,  this time, I will refrain. So here it is, a blog about rivers. Enjoy.