June One
There’s a reason God didn’t create “The Farm of Eden.” A person can walk in a garden naked with a lover, sharing fruit, caught up in the enchantment of nature. Gardens are about beauty and meditation. But farms? According to Genesis, farms are cursed ground. Farms are work. Farms are production, harvest, sales, shipping, [...]

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As I slide down toward another weekend, my feedreader brings me this from Mark Peacock at Appalachian Treks…
Appalachian Treks: Serene Majesty
There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
–Washington Irving (1783-1859) American Writer
The beauty of Rocky Fork is [...]

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May 1
“The god of the cannibals will be a cannibal, of the crusaders a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant.”
Second of May
“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
May 3rd
‘Appreciating nature in our own backyard can be a first step to being a good steward of the earth,’
Colleen Redman, Loose Leaf [...]

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Occasionally a blog entry will touch a spot in me that makes me do something…Cate’s “ramble” today was one…
Beyond the Fields We Know: Looking for…
Some places arrange themselves perfectly in eye and viewfinder, and yet they do not speak or sing. Others, often on cold, dank and foggy days, arrange themselves easily in neither [...]

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