A grownup is a child with layers on. ~ Woody Harrelson To make a full-blooded puff pastry, you need time, you need patience, and you need precision. It's all about the lamination: it's all about building up the layers of butter, dough, butter, dough; as the butter melts, it creates steam, and that brings up … Continue reading What Layers Mean to Me
Quotes
Doctor Tree
“But some of the beneficial effects of trees and vegetation on humans may also arise from simply being around trees, since even the experience of seeing trees through a window seems to have a positive effect on health.” “E.O. Wilson coined the term biophilia hypothesis to propose that humans have an instinctual and deep emotional … Continue reading Doctor Tree
Campfire Tales Presents: Presence
I recently read three completely random non-fiction books* in a row (okay, I cheated a little, because two were audiobooks). Each contained a chapter devoted to the seeming disconnectedness in today's culture and impact on our daily lives due to technology (specifically: our mobile devices). My first reaction (wisely, understandably) meant a quick switch to … Continue reading Campfire Tales Presents: Presence
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Imprudent (or I’m Prudent)
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. ~ Robert H. Schuller Ever heard the phrase, "This too shall pass"? How about the … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Imprudent (or I’m Prudent)
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Draco
The first star made me feel less afraid. It came out low in the sky and it was in front of me, toward the east. Other stars began to appear all around, but it was this one I kept my gaze upon. It was in the figure that we call a serpent, a star which … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Draco
Thursday Thoughts on the Trees: Stumped!
Now then, where were we? We were discussing something I love, now gone... No, that's not right. Oh yeah, now I remember! TREES! (No, not those trees above, but still... Good trees.) Previously on "Trees, Glorious Trees," I verified the tree service being done at my condo complex was tree trimming, not tree removal, then (remember the … Continue reading Thursday Thoughts on the Trees: Stumped!
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Trees
I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. And I'm asking you, sir, at the top of my lungs. Oh please do not cut down another one. ~ Dr. Seuss, The Lorax A friend of mine calls food his "love language," which is … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Trees
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Circle of Life
It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age. ~ Margaret Mead Really, Margaret? Because George said this: We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. ~ George … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Circle of Life
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Holograms
By definition, our national parks in all their particularity and peculiarity show us as much about ourselves as the landscapes they honor and protect. They can be seen as holograms of an America born of shadow and light; dimensional; full of contradictions and complexities. Our dreams, our generosities, our cruelties and crimes are absorbed into … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Holograms
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Southern Cross
It was a good time for sitting together, Mma Ramotswe felt, and it was not necessary to say anything. That evening, the sky was all but white with stars, filled with acres and acres of constellations, right down to the horizon. She had learned the names of some of these clusters when she was younger, … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Southern Cross
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