Tag: nature
group name: pondering
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July 23, 2008 05:12 PM EDT --
This bug has been flying around all my flowers.
He's like a cross between a bee and a hummer, weird.
Any ideas what he is?
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November 25, 2006 02:03 PM EST --
Directly in front of the substance abuse treatment center where I work, there is a lovely little body of water called Indian Brook Pond. It is very nice to watch the pond as the seasons change. . . . more
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August 27, 2006 11:26 AM EDT --
With the anniversary of Katrina upon us the citizens of the Gulf Coast are exhibiting stress and worry as never before. Suicides and attempted suicides are at levels that will skew statistics for . . . more
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September 25, 2006 10:01 PM EDT --
Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
- Virginia Satir
"Supposed to be?" Who said that? Who says, with authority, . . . more
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August 21, 2006 11:12 AM EDT --
I just finished picking up tree limbs to that I can mow. What I found was much of the yard and some of the garden beds are badly torn up by armadillos. At places it is so bad I'm almost afraid to mow . . . more
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March 15, 2007 07:27 PM EDT --
Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.
- Susan Sontag, author and critic (1933-2004)
(or, what I see is not what you painted)
This applies as much to writing or any other art as it does . . . more
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February 08, 2007 06:48 PM EST --
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January 16, 2008 05:10 PM EST --
It's just snow flurries, but still, it's snow and I am in the South for pete's sakes. I can see it coming down while looking out the window without having my glasses on. So they're pretty . . . more
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August 30, 2006 01:26 AM EDT --
Scent of forest fire
moisture drawing down
streams are slowing
berries full
squirrel and chipmunk
agitated
racing, hither, yon.
Scent of forest fire
tinged with hint of orange
spreading eerily . . . more
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November 17, 2006 06:56 PM EST --
We all travel the milky way together, trees and men... trees are travellers, in the ordinary sense. They make journeys, not very extensive ones, it is true: but our own little comes and goes are only little . . . more
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September 13, 2008 08:42 AM EDT --
So earlier this summer I decided to try my hand at having a flowerpot garden. My plantings, which consisted of 1 green pepper plant, 1 yellow pepper plant, 2 tomato plants and a watermelon plant, failed . . . more
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February 08, 2007 03:55 PM EST --
"The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you . . . more
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March 01, 2007 08:36 AM EST --
Yesterday, as I sat in my living room watching the birds outside the window, I saw a very strange sight. There were three Downy Woodpeckers hanging from the perch of a hummingbird feeder. At . . . more
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September 12, 2006 02:15 PM EDT --
Adult cats, living apart from humans, have very clear communication with one another. It is spoken mostly through scent, then through facial expression, complex body language, and touch.
Vocal communication . . . more
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August 21, 2006 01:50 PM EDT --
David Stepp was fishing for catfish with friends on the Ohio River recently, when he reeled in a bizarre catch — an octopus. Since he knew no one would believe his fish story, the 20-year-old Jeffersonville, . . . more
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February 07, 2007 11:35 AM EST --
This morning, I came to a conclusion. Deer are attracted to me....or perhaps attracted to my 2001 Red Kia Sephia.
For the first time ever, this morning I got motivated to go to the gym nice . . . more
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February 20, 2007 05:45 PM EST --
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May 02, 2008 12:18 AM EDT --
I've been working hard on this one. I hope you like it. It has a happy ending, and a sad one at the same time.
A Rescue
Massive in its sleek and lumpy form,
the right whale, barnacled . . . more
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September 20, 2006 06:28 PM EDT --
Back when I was in college my father had the beagles. They were three of the best rabbit hunting dogs I ever saw. He sold them to a man named Johnny who ran an auto repair shop and loved to hunt.
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October 25, 2006 09:27 PM EDT --
"Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power."
- Shirley MacLaine, actor and positive thinker
And yet we do it.
Dwelling on the negative makes us the only species to do so and . . . more
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