Viviculture
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Newspapers (6)Other Gardening News (A-J) (29)Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)Love life 19 Jul 07 rescue or interference? I found a chipmunk in my office today, probably brought in by one of our cats, but luckily still very much alive and well. It took me half an hour to direct him into a box, but it was worth it when I let him go outside and he left me with a jaunty chirp... 16 Jul 07 pulling up peas I’m pulling up the first bed of peas we planted. They are past their prime, and I only found about a dozen stragglers to pick before cutting them down, but I can’t help feeling sad to see them go… a whole lifetime over in just a few weeks... 14 Jul 07 bountiful On the deck this morning, sipping a smoothie full of berries fresh from the garden, I look out and see green everywhere I look. Green piled on green, deep and broad and high, grass and shrub and tree, it fills me with its abundance... 11 Jul 07 blue jay spirit I’ve just come back from visiting orphaned and injured songbirds. There were dozens of healthy birds, well on their way to eventual release, but I found myself drawn to the few “unreleasables,” birds too injured to make it on their own... 2 Jul 07 no change I suppose everyone leaves on a great adventure expecting, or at least hoping, to return home a changed person. And almost always we return home vaguely disappointed that nothing seems different, either in ourselves or in the world around us... 1 Jul 07 post-wilderness experiments Here are three experiments for you to try, inspired by a week in the wilderness: Carry your trash — Instead of throwing things out wherever you are, carry a bag with you for a day to see just how much garbage you generate, and what’s in it... 30 Jun 07 down & out High Sierras — This morning we hiked down from Bishop Lake and out past South Lake into a parking lot. The morning in camp was beautiful and quiet. Down the valley the sky was light yellow, the distant mountains dark purple... 29 Jun 07 suffering fear It occurs to me that one aspect of reducing suffering is reducing fear. I don’t want animals (or people, for that matter) to fear me, and it pains me that they do, though I understand why. All I can do is give them no reason to fear me... 29 Jun 07 over Bishop Pass High Sierras — Today we make a big push over the top of Bishop Pass - about a 3200-foot climb from bottom to top. On the way up there are beautiful junipers, one with a trunk about 8 feet across... 28 Jun 07 clear water High Sierras — Wanda Lake to Little Pete Meadow The water here is so clear, so still in the morning that it seems to be one and the same with the air. Thicker, perhaps, but just as transparent, just as breathable...
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