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How to Catch a Falling Leaf
“We try to catch a dancing leaf, for every leaf caught is a ‘happy day’, but how elusive they are, these fluttering alive things, which slip through the fingers and evade pursuit!” Alison…
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What is Goldenrod?
“You can see the goldenrod… bowing away from the wind like a great and silent congregation.” Stephen King
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Blue, With or Without Us
“Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue—that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man’s destruction is finished.” Georgia O’Keeffe
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The Howling Hour
“All things share the same breath—the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.” Chief Sealth (Chief Seattle)
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Summer Salads
“With one mind, we turn to honor and thank all the Food Plants we harvest from the garden. Since the beginning of time, the grains, vegetables, beans and berries have helped the people…
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Lovely to see you, Luna moth…
“…patinaed that sea-glass green /…The miraculous green / origami of their wings—false eyed, doomed / and sensual as the mermaid’s long green fins…” Sean Nevin, from “Hinged Double Sonnet for the Luna Moths”…
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“Eating Light”
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” Iris Murdoch
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Decomposing
“Fungi, salamanders, and thousands of species of invertebrates will thrive in and under…rotting trunks. At least half a tree’s contribution to the fabric of life comes after its death, so one measure of…
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Sounds of Spring: A Fond Farewell
“Listen to the voice of nature, for it holds treasures for you.” Native American (Huron) Proverb
