Note: This piece was written well over a year ago during historic wildfires. Before the almost historic floods of the following winter. For some reason I wrote the whole thing, about two very different kinds of trees to be found in my patch of central California. Trees that have their impacts on people all over … Continue reading Stardust and smoke
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What comes next, last 12 months?
Twelve months and counting it is since a less-than-stellar year began in an individually rough manner for me, starting in February 2020. A big downshift in the way I live my life, marginally because of Covid 19 and the social chaos of racial justice and political upheavals began the first week of February. Much of this … Continue reading What comes next, last 12 months?
Rising over the …. wildfires?
An occasionally comforting thought to me is the way that nature with its laws goes on doing what it will in spite of the changes wrought (or attempted to be) by human hands. See how golden and, well, fallen the big leaves on this small beginner bonsai gingko tree are? Unlike their midsize street counterparts … Continue reading Rising over the …. wildfires?
Rising Over the Smoke 