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This lovely dandelion fairy apparently is quite enchanted with the little spider. The spider on the other hand looks a bit terrified as if a bit of his web had become animated and was attempting to wrap HIM up.
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This lovely dandelion fairy apparently is quite enchanted with the little spider. The spider on the other hand looks a bit terrified as if a bit of his web had become animated and was attempting to wrap HIM up.
Read moreEven after talking turkey for days, Occupy Thanksgiving was unable to achieve unanimous consent on how to avoid being dinner.
Read moreHere, in the hills of Humboldt, I am watching the maples hold the excess summer sunlight until they grow too heavy with liquid gold and fall in heaps of treasure on the ground. Here, the squirrels live in fear of Sleeker, my small semi-domestic black puma. Sleeker lives to hunt and no squirrel dares to come close to the house.
Read moreCan’t get internet at your house? Are you and your neighbors left out of the digital world? Are you frustrated at slow speeds if you do get on? Rural communities are increasingly left on the down side of the digital divide. But there may be some hope. Two years ago, televisions moved from analog to digital and the frequencies
Read moreOne hot day last summer, a long limbed son and a much shorter son went blackberrying up through the grass. They came back with bowls and pans and buckets of juicy plump Himalayan blackberries. Some we ate sprinkled over cereal and ice cream. Some were made into jam (but not enough.) And some were baked into pies then and there.
Read moreIf you want to see America, just drive the Avenue of the Giants right now. From Redwood trees to Memorial Day flags in the tiny town of Phillipsville the roadside has put on its brightest colors and is as pretty a place as any you’ve ever seen. What a piece of heaven we live in!
Read moreTwo years ago today my son died twice. This post is a reminder to me and mine how lucky we are and how blessed. May all of those less lucky find comfort. May all of us who are lucky recognize it and feel joy. —- Blue eyes and grubby finger nails. I can write about what happened, about him. But
Read moreBabies, bonnets, sunshine and sugar. May your Easter be as delightful as mine. Snapshots from yesterday at my 17th annual Easter party below.
Read moreNot a fan of paparazzi, this coyote showed its displeasure by pissing disdainfully in my general direction. But I did get some good photos of him anyway this morning. He was out hunting voles or mice before I chased him away with my unwanted attention. I’ll put those up later but his attitude was so perfect for Monday morning that
Read moreA light rain brings the wild in a little closer. Today a coyote ran up the road ahead of me and darted up the hill.When I see how powerful and handsome they are, I can understand why the native people “…worried about Coyote. They had to be careful of their women.” What I don’t understand is why their eyes have
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