Amur Honeysuckle

 Though an invasive species, the birds do enjoy its vibrant berries...

One Sweet World

(Link to Live Performance--Cincinnati, OH 06.26.00)

"Nine planets around the sun
Only one does the sun embrace
Upon this watered one
So much we take for granted
So let us sleep outside tonight
Lay down in our mother's arms
For here we can rest safely
If green should turn to grey
Would our hearts still bloody beat
And if the mountains crumble away
Rivers dry Would it stop the stepping feet
Oh let us sleep outside tonight
Lay down in our mother's arms
For here we can rest safely
Take all that we can get
When it's done
Nobody left to bury here
Nobody left to dig the holes
And here we can rest safely
One sweet world
Around this star is spinning

One sweet world
And in her breath I'm swimming
And here I will rest in peace
So let us sleep outside tonight
Lay down in our mothers arms
For here we can rest safely"

David J. Matthews

Kairos: A Time of Grace

Seasons change. Things change. In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 we read:

For everything there is a season,

A time for every activity under heaven.

A time to be born, and a time to die.

A time to plant and time to harvest.

A time to kill and a time to heal.

A time to tear down and a time to build up.

A time to cry and a time to laugh.

A time to grieve and a time to dance.

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.

A time to embrace and a time to turn away.

A time to search and a time to quit searching.

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

A time to tear and a time to mend.

A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

A time to love and a time to hate.

A time for war and a time for peace.

(NLT)

The Earth reminds us that its time is not man's time...

 

Welcome!

Hi.  

I've lost interest in Facebook and other popular social media, as I don't think that they bring out the best in me.  So I've created this blog to share what I'd normally post to Facebook, and thereby give family and friends a way to stay in touch, without having to go through popular social media.

Some things you should know about the blog.  I've borrowed the name for the blog from the title of a memoir by the nature writer, Harry Middleton.  Middleton's among the many authors whose work I've come to value over the course of my life because...they've taught me that the earth is enough.

Among the other teachers I'll undoubtedly focus upon will be the poet and novelist Jim Harrison, who was fond of reminding his readers that "We are nature too."  If we are nature, too, then we are enough.

The earth is enough.  It has a lot to teach us.  We are enough.  We have a lot to teach and learn from each other.