The Thomas Merton Foundation.
The “world” is not just a physical space traversed
by jet planes and full of people running in all directions. It is a complex
of responsibilities and options made out of the love, the hates, the fears,
the joys, the hopes, the greed, [...]

Kitchen Gardeners International: Michael Pollan’s nine-step program.
1. Eat food.
2. Avoid even those food products that come bearing health claims.
3. Especially avoid food products containing ingredients that are a) unfamiliar, b) unpronounceable c) more than five in number — or that contain high-fructose corn syrup.
4. Get out of the supermarket whenever possible.
5. Pay more, eat less.
6. [...]

in the comments for “lines” (below), mom wonders how the tire tracks were made … i don’t know … i just asumed that the back tires diverged from the path of the front tires as the vehicle began its turn … here is a wider shot in which we can see the entrance from - [...]

well this morning we didn’t walk because we had some iciness on the ground & didn’t want to bust our aging butts & other vital parts … you know …
but the “paperboy” drove up as usual to toss The Daily Herald our way … & left these lovely drawings on the lot …

Tiny Animals On Fingers - a photoset on Flickr … promoting in this “season of peace” the notion (illusion … delusion) that we humans really are quite gentle creatures …

well … it’s a hope we may harbor for ourselves

from Laughing Knees:
That is where dinosaurs scuttled, continents jittered, Jesus claimed he was the son of a god, the Buddha found a truth, Julius Ceasar claimed victory over the whole world, Mick Jagger sang “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”, a growing, vibrating spot of microbial beings threatened to overwhelm the dot, two tiny projectiles plinked [...]

unusually cool weather with snow and frosty mornings have done in the nasturtiums …

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at Paula’s House of Toast …
I was searching for a counterweight to the world’s towering edifices of greed, hatred and delusion.
… in which paula’s words & pictures …
i don’t know …
i’m deeply moved by …
these articulations

he’s my sna … er … my brother …
Herald News :: Lifestyles :: Snakes
The Plainfield resident has spent most of his career studying and photographing snakes, reptiles and amphibians. His research has taken him to far corners of the earth — the Caribbean, southeast Asia and across North America.

took a break this afternoon to modestly admire the front flowers …

i know it doesn’t look like much … but this is the first year in over a decade that anything other than weeds has grown in that left-side bed … this year it’s nasturtiums … & i’d had my doubts … they sprouted slowly [...]

in cold … neardark
one goose … three deer …
goldenrod … three ducks …
goldenrod … goldenrod …
two deer … two coyote …
one skunk somewhere …
one cardinal bird … sunlight …

Mexico Murphy Memoirs …
One of the things that is very frustrating about Mexico City is that although we’ve had months of intense rain, there is never any water.

Without nature, life would be very slow, for example what would you look at while driving?
then …
My two favorite things to touch at the beach are the sand and the water.