MUSKY MUSINGS: VOLUME 1, ISSUE 8
October 2026
Field Dispatch from the Matthews Lake Ecological Conclave
INTRODUCTION: BEAUTY ON THE SURFACE, BUSINESS IN THE TRENCHES
When you take a walk along the Matthews Lake shoreline this October, you will almost
certainly reach for your camera before you reach for your jacket. Morning mist will be rolling
oA glassy water, reflecting hillsides ablaze in electric scarlet, pumpkin-orange, and blazing
gold. It looks like a postcard. It smells like crisp fallen leaves and woodsmoke. It feels
peaceful.
Do not be fooled.
