JOURNALS FOR 2006

• July 28, 2006   Turkeys and possum
  
  
• April 13, 2006   Walking, learning and being interviewed
  
  
• April 1, 2006   April Fools' Day in Forest Park
  
  
• January 1, 2006   New Year's Day in Forest Park
  
  

JOURNALS FOR 2005

• August 5, 2005   First sighting of a new “critter” in the park
  
  
• August 3, 2005   Chickens in Dogtown! And lovely walk in the park
  
  
• July 30, 2005   New uses of old Forest Park
  
  
• July 18, 2005   Two rainy days in Forest Park
  
  
• July 10, 2005   Baby birds and ducks and sleeping people in the park
  
  
• July 2, 2005   Run-away turkey and Forest Park as training grounds
  
  
• June 29, 2005   In the cool, cool cool of the morning
  
  
• June 26, 2005   Raccoons, immigrants and The Muny
  
  
• June 16, 2005   When it’s 6 o’clock in the morning….
  
  
• June 13, 2005   Frogs, turbulent turtles and yellow golf balls
  
  
• June 8, 2005   Well, it was a great ride anyway
  
  
• June 7, 2005   Turkey sighting and radical change of pattern beginning
  
  
• June 3, 2005   Muny ticket sales day; card players and turtles
  
  
• June 2, 2005   The “Hat” festival, land box turtle and my “new” bike
  
  
• May 29, 2005   Fire at Cairdeas and flat tire in Kennedy Forest
  
  
• May 24, 2005   Fourteen Jewel Box volunteers, fishing cranes and begging squirrels and sparrows
  
  
• May 23, 2005   Sunny, warm, breezy day in Forest Park
  
  
• May 19, 2005   Sighting a chicken in the park; reading at Forest Perk Cafe
  
  
• May 7, 2005   Riding in the park with Jim Glaser -- suggested itinerary for riding
  
  
• March 4, 2005   First FULL ride in the year 2005
  
  

JOURNALS FOR 2004

• June 15, 2004   I witnessed a dramatic attempted murder and heroic rescue in Forest Park today

JOURNALS FOR 2003

• October 20, 2003   Quiz on some monuments of Forest Park
  
  
• October 19, 2003   New trail in park, most common "creatures" and new names for old places
  
  
• October 18, 2003   Lovely sunny Saturday in Forest Park
  
  
• October 14, 2003   Walking in the park: exploring a new "savannah"
  
  
• September 24, 2003   Wild animal hunt fails
  
  
• September 23, 2003   2 nine hole courses open at Forest Park: one to come
  
  
• September 15, 2003   Wildlife in Forest Park
  
  
• September 12, 2003   No surprises for St. Louisans about this note.....
  
  
• September 9, 2003   Dogtowners make it back to Forest Park
  
  
• September 6, 2003   Route 66, the German tourists: a very strange Dogtown story
  
  
• September 5, 2003   A very good sign: people sitting in the sun on park benches
  
  
• September 1, 2003   Three days on foot in the new back yard
  
  
• August 29, 2003   Rain, walking, biking in the park
  
  
• August 9, 2003   Hey, all you old-time Forest Park golf ball hunters
  
  
• August 8, 2003   First day back in "the back yard" with my bicycle. GUIDED BICYCLE TOUR OFFERED FOR NEXT THURSDAY
  
  
• August 6, 2003   Martin Fischer comments on the return of nature to Forest Park
  
  
• July 31, 2003   Sally Sharamitaro comments on yesterday's walk and lunch in the back yard and Corbett adds
  
  
• July 28, 2003   An invitation to lunch in the park on Wednesday and an earlier walk
  
  
• July 26, 2003   A visit to the Grand Basin, which is still under reconstruction
  
  
• July 25, 2003   Newly developed area in wet lands between the Muny Opera and Union Blvd.
  
  
• July 24, 2003   Visit to the southeast section, near the Planetarium and wet lands.
  
  
• July 23, 2003   Very Second journal in this series: Corbett visits the Jewel Box and baseball / soccer fields.
  
  
• July 22, 2003   Very first journal in this series: Corbett visits the park using a cane.
  
  

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