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Mysteries in my garden, part 2
Mysteries in my garden, part 2
Where are all the animals?
N. R. Staff
Jul 17
Mysteries in my garden
Mysteries in my garden
Maybe nobody else has noticed. But I’ve been gardening for an awfully long time. And something is changing in my garden.
N. R. Staff
Jul 9
‘Dumbening’ and ‘inagency’
‘Dumbening’ and ‘inagency’
I want to explore these two concepts…
N. R. Staff
Jun 25
Behind Hope
Behind Hope
What is behind this constant pressure for us to retain “hope”?
N. R. Staff
Apr 23
The Wind Discomfits Me
The Wind Discomfits Me
“The wind blows where it wills…”
N. R. Staff
Mar 26
The skunk, the wolf
The skunk, the wolf
I am out early this morning, before sunrise. Frost on the grass. Something to my left: quickly, a blur, a plume going around the fence…
N. R. Staff
Mar 19
Wendy Mitchell has died. I feel I have, too.
Wendy Mitchell has died. I feel I have, too.
I rarely feel much emotion when I learn that someone I’ve known has died. But I don’t have much control over my feelings anymore.
N. R. Staff
Feb 23
Two kinds of people
Two kinds of people
A basic difference shows how people approach our current crises.
N. R. Staff
Feb 1
Chaotic weather and the death of birds
Chaotic weather and the death of birds
The cold snap came quickly and we were unprepared.
N. R. Staff
Jan 24
What we missed
What we missed
We see, we suspect, we worry — then (usually) do nothing
N. R. Staff
Nov 30, 2023
Animal Thanksgiving
Animal Thanksgiving
We are not the only biological creatures who “know” things.
N. R. Staff
Nov 21, 2023
Closing up
Closing up
What else can be said?
N. R. Staff
Oct 31, 2023
We don’t know
We don’t know
It seems to me that the more we learn, the less we know. Really, when you get right down to it, there’s an awful lot we don’t know.
N. R. Staff
Oct 25, 2023
The feelings of plants
The feelings of plants
We all think we want to hear novel ideas, but we don’t, not really.
N. R. Staff
Oct 10, 2023
Consciousness in the ancient past
Consciousness in the ancient past
I keep being drawn to the ancient past, wondering what consciousness was like back then.
N. R. Staff
Sep 26, 2023
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