Tuesday, June 24, 2003

"Are you or a friend out of a job?

Historically, there are two basic ways humans have "made a living": 1) you make something, like knitting a cap; 2) you provide a service (like giving someone a haircut). Yes, there are others ways, like: you harvest something from "Nature" such as trees and fish, or cultivate fruit, vegetables, rice, cotton and other useful crops."

quote -V.Vale
My Own Zone

Chasing shadows across the prairie
Adjust the auto pilot
Calm waters, waving grasses
Tall into the wind

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Health Issue Spotlight 01

Earth's Bio-terrorism; Anthrax, Ebola, HIV, Lyme Disease, MDR TB, Monkey Pox, Norwalk Virus, SARS, West Nile Virus

An incomplete list...
Join in and help

Pulling weeds in Sleepy Hollow when startled by a neighbor
who asked "could I pull weeds in their yard"
Who are they kidding?
Unintended Consequences

After the rain
Water puddles
Mosquitoes thrive
Spray poison and
All succumb
Next year
Mosquitoes swarm

Sunday, June 08, 2003

The space between sun light and shade

Is moving across the river bottom
Leaves and seeds are floating by
Water walking bugs are the masters here
Going where ever they wish
Skokie River Flora; a short list

Nodding Onion
Trout Lilly
Prairie Trillium
Wild Leeks
False Solomans Seal
Highbush Cranberry
Elderberry
Greenbriar
Riverbank Grape


Thursday, June 05, 2003

4:20am 6/4-post script

I'm on the beach
up close
the bonfire's brilliance
too hot.
gotta get some rest...
sunrise in one hour

Sunday, June 01, 2003

at Sunset Woods

glimmering, shady light
interacting, the sound of songbirds
welcome back