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Tulips: Marching Into Summer

Posted on May 21, 2013 by unmowed

Tulips. The most domesticated of plants—human-engineered, unable to live in the wild, destined to look all alike and grow submissively where they’re planted in parks or gardens. Yet look at these tulips—even when they’re all lined up in a row, each … Continue reading →

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Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2013 by unmowed

Stand up for the Earth! “Green” isn’t very much in the news these days, and other–very worthy–causes grab more headlines. But stay green. Even if you’re the lonely voice in the crowd, keep on telling people–we need to care for our planet. Thanks to Wells … Continue reading →

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On the Road

Posted on February 15, 2013 by unmowed

Thanks once again to Wells Horton for another lovely photograph.                        http://wells-horton.smugmug.com/ “The Road,” as Bilbo Baggins often remarked, “goes on and on, down from the door where it began.”  In the words of J.R. R. Tolkien: “He used often to say there … Continue reading →

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Together in the Storm

Posted on January 18, 2013 by unmowed

Thanks to Wells Horton for another amazing photograph. http://wells-horton.smugmug.com/ Who says trees all look alike?

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Thistle: A Visit From a Poet

Posted on December 18, 2012 by unmowed

For those of you who celebrate Christmas, a certain poem was probably part of your upbringing, along with Frosty and Rudolph and all that sort of thing. You know the one I mean. You heard it, I heard it, we … Continue reading →

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