Narrating and Demonstrating the Work We Do
My wife and I often take field walks on Sunday to assess the state of the pasture, the grass, the woods, the water–in other words the full catastrophe that has been this winter. And, of course, we wanted to hear the peepers at the Gates of Dawn. In the wetlands by Bacon Creek we … Continue reading I Keen; Therefore, I Am. →
I wanted to have another round of propagating off of this “Mother of all Blackcurrants” this year. After experimenting with this, direct to pot technique in 2012, I know its an easy and effective way to make new plants. I outlined my process in a flickr album (see below) but essentially, I’m growing a branch through a … Continue reading Currant status ツ
I was inspired to write this post by the work of Kim Douillard and Kevin Hodgson in a project called “Slices of Life”. I was especially struck by Kevin’s photos here (and I am avidly awaiting Kim’s). In Kevin’s night picture, however, I found myself wondering about what I could not see just as much as by … Continue reading Camera Non-Obscura: Or Why the Brain Sees Better than the Camera →
The sarvis tree’s buds are swelling. It will flower first even before the willow sends out its green diadems. But before all this I have a vinyl recording of “Appalachian Spring” conducted by Aaron Copland that I begin to listen to over and over while I read the “Spring” chapter in Thoreau’s Walden. You listen, … Continue reading Appalachian Spring in Kentucky →
It was very hard to create this and know it is my last one using this grand tool. So I addressed the issue of hope within. I hope you enjoy. I hope not against hope but for hope. Thanks for watching.
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Hope Is At Very Least A Verb and Not A Noun Hope within and hope without, neither mete nor bound, but instead a “beating of the bounds”. A road not taken is still the path whose right-of-way is an end. So, where does hope abide? The smoke of words curling from the waking of our minds? No, … Continue reading Hope Is At Very Least A Verb and Not A Noun →
Social media manager tool, Buffer, has added a nice image plaything called “Pablo”. Think of it as Canva for Twitter. Here is what it looks like under the hood: Here is the finished sample. I have been listening to Pico Iyer’s The Art of Stillness and this quote jumped out in all its quiet grace. … Continue reading PABLO: TWITTER IMAGE TOOL VIA BUFFER →
Social media manager tool, Buffer, has added a nice image plaything called “Pablo”. Think of it as Canva for Twitter. Here is what it looks like under the hood: Here is the finished sample. I have been listening to Pico Iyer’s The Art of Stillness and this quote jumped out in all its quiet grace. … Continue reading PABLO: TWITTER IMAGE TOOL VIA BUFFER →