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Green hills and little piggies : In the world of Michael Sowa

There is a small personal story in the first comment.

#throwbackthursday #landscape #rural #fields #spring #art #michaelsowa #photography

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A place of quiet and peace. I can always go for that.

Bird Flying in the Sky: https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/bird-flying-in-the-sky-september-4-renata-natale.html

#birdflying #peace #buyintoart #rural #beauty #MastoArt #Photography #callicoonny #tranquil

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Don't Care Where it Goes - Felt like that looking down the railroad tracks. Past the abandoned Narrowsburg lumber yard and a pass through Barryville, New York. Freight trains, no passengers, but felt like getting on anyway.

https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/dont-care-where-it-goes-renata-natale.html

#railroadtracks #rural #shoholapa #Landscape #Photography #MastoArt #BlackandWhite_Photography #art #buyintoart #musicinspired

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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services reports that it misses a 90-day deadline to approve child care licensing applications about a third of the time. In regions with severe staffing shortages, that rate can rise above 50%.

https://www.propublica.org/article/obstacles-to-opening-child-care-facilities-rural-illinois?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Illinois #Rural #Children #Family #Parenting #Education

A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education
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The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/regional-public-universities-trump-funding-dei?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education #University #Research #DEI #Trump #Diversity #Rural