Category Archives: Nature
Nature is Our Friend, But for How Long?
Passage written from my Garden on May 29, 2008.
I look at the mulberry seedlings that I recently planted. I look at the beautiful purple cornflower that I planted a few hours ago. I look at the dogwood and the maple tree. I look at the bamboo towering over the fence. I look at the sea [...]
Insight from Watching a Crow being Mobbed
Sitting in my garden yesterday, I saw an amazing event. Something large and black seemed to have fallen in the pine tree that sits on the side of my garden near the fence. When I looked up, it was a very large black crow at least three times the size of most the birds I [...]
Let the Universe be your University
Real learning takes place outside of the classroom. The greatest teacher in the world is the Universe. As Khalik said in this clip, “the universe is your university.” I think that’s so true. I’ve learned more in my life in the past 2 years “after” graduating from college, than, seriously, over a decade in the [...]
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