diff --git a/walking-001.tex b/walking-001.tex index 6d7331e..af7764d 100644 --- a/walking-001.tex +++ b/walking-001.tex @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{ninecolors} \usepackage{lettrine} % Drop caps +\usepackage{hyperref} %%% Page layout (half letter) %% Specific to Memoir class @@ -72,12 +73,86 @@ \usepackage{mathptmx} %\usepackage{newtxtext,newtxmath} +%%% Variables +\def\kauthors{} +\def\ktitle{} +\def\kissue{1} +\def\kpubdate{August 2026} +\def\kpubyear{2026} + +%%% Links +% Make hrefs easier (must load package hyperref} +\newcommand\kref[2]{\href{#1}{{\texttt{#2}}}} + %%% Get it started \checkandfixthelayout \begin{document} +%% Title Page +\pagestyle{empty} +\vspace*{25mm} +%\fontsize{28}{42}\selectfont +{\centering +{\Huge \textsc{Walking}} +\noindent{}{\color{green7}\rule{\textwidth}{1pt}} + +\vspace{5mm} +Typeset in \LaTeX{} + +\vspace{5mm} +Issue \#\kissue{} + +\vspace{18mm} +Written and Edited by\\K.J. Odle + +\vspace{5mm} +\kpubdate{} + +\vspace{5mm} +First Printing + +\vspace{20mm} +\kref{https://just13.click/just13}{just13.click/just13} + +} % end centering environment + +\newpage + +%% Impressum +\section*{Impressum} + +All contents \copyright\kpubyear{} Kenneth John Odle + +\vspace{50mm} + +\noindent{}FYI, this is made in \LaTeX \,using the report document class. It then gets exported to a letterhalf (5.5 in x 8.5 in) pdf, which then gets made into a booklet using PDF Booklet, which you can find at + +\kref{https://pdfbooklet.sourceforge.io/wordpress/}{https://pdfbooklet.sourceforge.io/wordpress/} + +\medskip + +\noindent{}I'm pushing this to my own git server as I write this. You can find it at: + + \kref{https://git.kjodle.net/kjodle/walking-zine}{https://git.kjodle.net/kjodle/walking-zine} + +\medskip + +\noindent{}If you want to donate financial support for the creation of this zine (and all the hours of research that go into it), you can do so at + +\kref{https://paypal.me/kjodle}{https://paypal.me/kjodle} (Thanks!) + +\medskip + +\noindent{}\textbf{Errata:} To err is human, to document those errors is divine. A list of errata can be found at: + +\kref{https://git.kjodle.net/kjodle/walking-zine/wiki/Errata}{https://git.kjodle.net/kjodle/walking-zine/wiki/Errata} + +\newpage + +%% TOC \tableofcontents +\setcounter{page}{1} \pagestyle{kpage} \chapterstyle{kchap} @@ -98,20 +173,25 @@ He goes on to give a long (and possibly incorrect) definition of the word \texti \chapter{Natives of Another Land} -\begin{multicols*}{2} +\begin{multicols}{2} \lettrine[lraise=0.0, nindent=3pt]{I}{} have been getting back into the habit of identifying plants I see out on my walks and I've noticed that many of them are ``introduced''—i.e., they were brought to this continent from somewhere else, sometimes accidentally and often deliberately. It took me longer than it should have to realize that introduced species tend to do well in distubed places—and lawns, gardens, and the sides of roads and paths are all disturbed spaces. So it makes sense that the vast majority of what I find there introduced species. If I want to see native species, I need to visit the wild spaces around me and go further afoot. -\end{multicols*} +\section{Poison Hemlock (\textit{Conium maculatum} L.} +One plant that has wandered far afield is poison hemlock (\textit{Conium maculatum} L.) which I have noticed in increasing numbers in recent years. It is native to Europe and North Africa, and has spread to almost every continent in the past few hundred years, where it is often an invasive weed. + +A member of the Apiaceae family (which also includes carrots, dill, and parsnips), it is a striking plant. It can grow to two and a half meters in height and has fernlike bipinnately compound leaves (although this varies from the bottom of the plant to the top), and beautiful white flowers that are tiny and white, but make up for their dimunitiveness by appearing in large compound umbels. The hollow stems are often spotted or streaked with a dull purple color. Once you have see it, you cannot miss it growing in other areas. + +\end{multicols} \chapter{Natives} \begin{multicols*}{2} -\lettrine[lraise=0.0, nindent=-0pt]{D}{espite} walking around what is obviously disturbed spaces, I still see quite a few native species. It's just that they're not as noticeable, either because they're trees and thus not something I'm paying attention to, or because they're not as showy as some of the introduced species that surround them. (That showiness may explain why early immigrants brought these plants with them. +\lettrine[lraise=0.0, nindent=1pt]{D}{espite} walking around what is obviously disturbed spaces, I still see quite a few native species. It's just that they're not as noticeable, either because they're trees and thus not something I'm paying attention to, or because they're not as showy as some of the introduced species that surround them. (That showiness may explain why early immigrants brought these plants with them. \end{multicols*} @@ -138,7 +218,8 @@ And see the men at play \end{verse} \attrib{Sarah Cleghorne (1876--1959)} -That is not the situation today and in fact, I occasionally see young people on the golf course playing with their parents. But that does not mean that we have moved on so far from the situation described in the poem. Social inequalities still exist, but they are better hidden. +That is not the situation today and in fact, I occasionally see young people on the golf course playing with their parents. But that does not mean that we have moved on so far from the situation described in the poem. +Social inequalities still exist, but they are better hidden. No doubt the young sons of men of wealth played golf with their fathers while children their own age toiled away in mills. \end{multicols*} @@ -147,7 +228,9 @@ That is not the situation today and in fact, I occasionally see young people on \begin{multicols*}{2} -\lettrine[lraise=0.0, nindent=-0pt]{}{} +\lettrine[lraise=0.0, nindent=-0pt]{M}{onsieur le Chat} is an elusive creature. + +Cats are natural saunterers. They only run when hunting or playing; the rest of the time they are sleeping or just wandering around, especially if they are outdoor cats. \end{multicols*}