tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791200855897321122024-03-13T22:29:57.819-04:00Fathom of Adamfathom: (transitive verb) to penetrate and come to understand
(noun) from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms
1. a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water
2. comprehensionAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-53269656818260833512013-08-14T11:35:00.001-04:002013-08-14T11:35:17.247-04:00Ode to the Perseids<br />
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(The Perseids are winding down after another glamorous show this year. They'll still be visible for a few more days, even though the peak just passed. A poem in honor of shooting stars)</div>
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Look up</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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Perseus is calling<o:p></o:p></div>
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Glare into celestial canopy<o:p></o:p></div>
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and look deep beyond meaning<o:p></o:p></div>
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Past twinkle and glimmer from so many years ago finally
reaching your eyes<o:p></o:p></div>
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And you may catch a glance of tiny particles speaking<o:p></o:p></div>
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Like stones skipping across a pond<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of stardust and trails zooming through night sky in short
heroic bursts<o:p></o:p></div>
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This moment has been waiting for you<o:p></o:p></div>
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Radiant point is northeast <o:p></o:p></div>
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These shooting stars skip across our invisible roof<o:p></o:p></div>
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and burn out and disintegrate<o:p></o:p></div>
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In such flashy fashion<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ephemeral and lingering in retina<o:p></o:p></div>
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their death rings like victory<o:p></o:p></div>
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and we are left in awe<o:p></o:p></div>
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of how epic their last words were<o:p></o:p></div>
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We dignify their deaths with wishes<o:p></o:p></div>
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and hopes<o:p></o:p></div>
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and rekindled lore and love towards space<o:p></o:p></div>
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For we are stuck here for now<o:p></o:p></div>
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and perhaps in that fleeting moment<o:p></o:p></div>
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we are exactly where we are meant to be<o:p></o:p></div>
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As our place in time and space coexists with something
greater than random chance<o:p></o:p></div>
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Serendipity zooming particles reach out and we are more
alive in their death<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Look up<o:p></o:p></div>
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And face your fate<o:p></o:p></div>
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Look up<o:p></o:p></div>
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And dream that dream you are afraid to speak<o:p></o:p></div>
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Look up<o:p></o:p></div>
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You are entering new terrain<o:p></o:p></div>
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Look up<o:p></o:p></div>
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For you are meant to see that we too<o:p></o:p></div>
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are returning home.<o:p></o:p></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-44650843922348175192013-08-14T11:08:00.001-04:002013-08-14T11:08:43.448-04:00Blueberry Medicine in the Highlands<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Highlands</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bumblebees and others pollinators making blueberry medicine</td></tr>
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The Highlands are always a special place<o:p></o:p></div>
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But in early August they take on a different magnetism<o:p></o:p></div>
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Where bears and mammals and animals of all sizes <o:p></o:p></div>
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ascend from the woods to our Appalachian balds<o:p></o:p></div>
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Birds chirp closer in territorial hostility<o:p></o:p></div>
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and even more people from all around<o:p></o:p></div>
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come for a taste of sweet blueberries and huckleberries<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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They come with buckets, jugs, bags, and eager tongues</div>
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Some driven by simple survival</div>
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Some with pancake dreams</div>
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Commencing to pick<o:p></o:p></div>
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We look for the plumpest of the plump<o:p></o:p></div>
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Those barely hanging on<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gobbling as many down as we collect<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wise spiders build webs amidst them<o:p></o:p></div>
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and we are amidst a much bigger one</div>
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<br /></div>
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I grab a clump of 7 perfectly ripe in a tight cluster<o:p></o:p></div>
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and somehow feel a small victory<o:p></o:p></div>
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And can’t help but grin<o:p></o:p></div>
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hoping it happens again<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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You can spend 30 minutes on one bush <o:p></o:p></div>
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And look out and see more than one can fathom<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m viscerally reminded of the necessity of the wild<o:p></o:p></div>
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And I’m viscerally reminded of the chlorophyllic magic<o:p></o:p></div>
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of sustenance provided by the land<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of sunlight converted to sweet sugars<o:p></o:p></div>
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and vitamins and antioxidants<o:p></o:p></div>
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And untold compounds<o:p></o:p></div>
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that also nourish the soul.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-24139112051063085612013-07-08T20:08:00.001-04:002013-07-08T20:08:08.159-04:00Firefly Dance<div class="MsoNormal">
Firefly dance </div>
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of optical glamour </div>
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bioluminescence</div>
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at its country finest</div>
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<br /></div>
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I love Virginia’a fields</div>
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for the firefly dance</div>
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of summer</div>
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Who ever seen a fireworks display so wild and dreamy?</div>
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<br /></div>
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Firefly dance swoons me into the surreal</div>
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in its courting fervor and pulsing rhythms</div>
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Electrical impulses, these lightning bugs</div>
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look like synapses of the forest and field firing</div>
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Sometimes I think I see what it all means</div>
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<br /></div>
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Sparks and circuitry leaking from circle of life</div>
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little dreams flashing like reminders</div>
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<br /></div>
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It appears like chaos</div>
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or lack of pattern</div>
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But every so often I see flashes</div>
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of that clear communication</div>
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cascading upwards from the ground to the top of the tree
line</div>
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A rolling upsurge of summertime magic </div>
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<br /></div>
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I am barefoot</div>
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and blown away</div>
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hypnotized by firefly dance</div>
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<br /></div>
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This night is so sweet</div>
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I feel the impulse to get closer to you</div>
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Blink into silence </div>
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It is always the silence that shows the words</div>
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Like the night showing your sweet, sweet light. </div>
Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-54502080253184130312013-05-29T19:27:00.001-04:002013-05-29T19:42:49.368-04:00Preternatural Luminosity (revealing all I ever wanted to see)<br />
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My eyes swiftly meet</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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the fairest sun I’ve ever seen<o:p></o:p></div>
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You are the bright future, brighter still<o:p></o:p></div>
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Like a dream I’ve never dreamed<o:p></o:p></div>
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And I am thirsty<o:p></o:p></div>
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for your sunbeams <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Exposing subtle details you stretched my horizons<o:p></o:p></div>
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as well as my lips into a soft curve that spins my world
round<o:p></o:p></div>
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A sweet arc of grace and a grin<o:p></o:p></div>
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I cannot wipe clean<o:p></o:p></div>
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You warm my words <o:p></o:p></div>
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and shine clarity on cloudy thoughts<o:p></o:p></div>
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or better yet essence<o:p></o:p></div>
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your sweet rays fill me<o:p></o:p></div>
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as everlasting days after the longest rain<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
I am ablaze in your resplendent outpouring<br />
like a prism revealing true color<br />
the spectrum of my reverence is laid out before you<br />
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My eyes eagerly greet<o:p></o:p></div>
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the fairest sun I’ve ever seen<o:p></o:p></div>
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You are the bright future, brighter still</div>
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You are a dream I’ve never dreamed<o:p></o:p></div>
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And I am thirsty<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thirsty for your sunbeams. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i>~I’d rather have honest eyes, but being full of cunning and guise is
what it takes to keep certain other organisms alive.</i></b><o:p> </o:p></blockquote>
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After three and a half long, draining, and super informative
and inspirational workshops and talks with great folks at the <i>Virginia State Parks Ranger Academy: 2013 Spring Interpretive Workshop</i>,
it was time to head back home and prepare for one of my last days of teaching
high school for the 2012-2013 school year.<br />
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I was reflecting on some of the
sessions and wise words from Interpreters and Educators, cruising up I-81, music playing, arm out the window, and before I knew it I MISSED my 118
Exit for Blacksburg. By the time realization occurred, it was too late. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Brain mushed from data-overload, being underslept and
drained, my mind jerked about momentarily, but sometimes, rather than curse
your situation (knowing it is miles before a turn around) I try to view it as a
blessing in disguise. Call it weak justification for inattentiveness, call it a chance. I once witnessed one of the biggest shooting stars of my
life because of a wrong turn. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Moaning at that moment of ‘wasted time’ in disdain, I tried
to look for a bright side. I’d seen over 20 wildflowers over the past 2 days in
the rich mountains of Hungry Mother State Park, but there was one member of our
Appalachian community I have yet to be graced by thus far this year. The timing
seemed appropriate so I made a detour. And there might just be a few tasty
morels left.<br />
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Nope, no morels, they have passed their fruiting stage here,
but my original hope came true, in a most graceful and elegant way.<br />
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And now I sit in the woods, a brook rolling by, a thrush
singing in his smooth and fluid way, ferns waving in fractal fancy, and beside
me, one of the rarest gems inside the biodiverse living bounty of our
Appalachian mountains, the <i>yellow lady slipper</i>. Sometimes missing your turn winds up restoring your mind and spirit. The world is funny and serendipitous like that sometimes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The yellow lady slipper, member of the orchid family, shape
is exquisitely elegant, demanding respect and awe from anyone who adorns flowers, and
getting some from even those who don’t. Twisted sepals more pronounced in this rarer
breed compared to the pink lady slipper, it is a special plant indeed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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God and Mother Nature felt particularly sexy when the lady
slippers were made. I sit in the middle of three, awestruck, unable to withhold a grin. I wonder if an
insect will fall for her age old trick, a trap with no reward, forced to
deposit and brush against pollen through the only escape route. Then another
flower has to be lucky enough to tempt and fool an insect again. Fool me once,
shame on you, fool me twice, and pollinate a living rarity. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirals of serene </td></tr>
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Nectar for pollination is an almost ageless trade, a simple
and fine example of mutualism where both partners benefit for and from their
interaction. Pollination, many a person’s first real experience of different
organisms being dependent on one another in nature, that simple bee or
butterfly landing on a flower.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But certain plants do survive by trickery as well, in a
variety of shapes and forms. Some orchids fall in this category. And if the
trick isn’t fooling enough, that plant may enter the realm of genetic weakness
from purely vegetative reproduction, and some fall even further into extinction.
It’s survival of the fittest at its simplest. <i>Deception comes with a price and risk.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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That nice bright yellow, a fragrance, and a landing platform
all attract bees and other insects. But no nectar is there in return for the
uncertain chance of pollination. One member isn’t holding up their part of the
beneficial bargain. Hairs and the different shape of their flower force most
insects out exactly where the flower wants. Translucent spots guide imprisoned insects. Nature does have her deceptive side
now and again, keeping others and us on our toes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Unsustainable collection and habitat loss have disastrous
effects on this very curvaceous and attractive flower. People try to transplant the
flowers to their landscapes, but without proper mycorrhizal fungus (mutualism
again) common to their habitat’s soil, attempts are often in vain and the
flowers die, no longer a perennial but compost instead.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The roots take year to develop, undergoing an intense
confluence and union with their fungal partners before being a seedling;
another reason landscape germination is difficult. It is still much longer,
sometimes 5 – 10 additional years, before some flower in nature! <i>It is a fragile gem of Appalachia, and
something to cherish when one is lucky enough to be in the company of. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Interestingly enough they have always been used medicinally,
but most herbalists and naturalists, including myself, warn against picking and
using them any longer because population numbers are so painfully low. I am
unsure if a doe or a greedy person clipped one of these few around me. My hope
is that it was a deer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The bloodroot, toothwort, and trillium around me have come
and gone, leaves leftover like subtle whispers of their recently colorful and
seeking selves. The lady slippers are patient, seeming to wait politely for the
other flowers to bloom and disappear before bursting with color and temptation.
Perhaps it is a strategy for survival. Perhaps every action is. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sanguine serenity<o:p></o:p></div>
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and iridescent opulence<o:p></o:p></div>
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giving change and season and never ceasing brevity<o:p></o:p></div>
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fettered teetering is unsettling<o:p></o:p></div>
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Growing Pains<o:p></o:p></div>
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I can feel the world growing<o:p></o:p></div>
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I can feel the moon moving<o:p></o:p></div>
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Slowly away<o:p></o:p></div>
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I can hear the earth singing<o:p></o:p></div>
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In birdsong and stretch marked epochs<o:p></o:p></div>
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I can see the sky changing (I don’t need to see the newest
scientific graph)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The clouds just don’t look the same<o:p></o:p></div>
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I can taste water and know<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mercury dreams swim in fits<o:p></o:p></div>
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Everyday I lose hope and regain compassion<o:p></o:p></div>
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Think we are doomed and then again see a glimmer and hope we
shall save<o:p></o:p></div>
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This extension of God manifested that enlivens our world<o:p></o:p></div>
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That is our world<o:p></o:p></div>
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There’s a world of difference between dominion and
domination<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I can’t see the ocean for the phytoplankton filled drops of
sunlight conversion<o:p></o:p></div>
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I can’t see the trees for the forest they look like giant<o:p></o:p></div>
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Churning organic hospitals <o:p></o:p></div>
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I mean life-support systems<o:p></o:p></div>
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Why isn’t ecosystem value a part of civics?<o:p></o:p></div>
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And I’m watching us pull out the wires and plugs<o:p></o:p></div>
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I hear the silly words of a cautious mother saying<o:p></o:p></div>
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‘wait, you might need that piece…’<o:p></o:p></div>
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under the chatter of children called Progress tossing
whatever isn’t pretty aside<o:p></o:p></div>
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we are making our own invention and instructions are
optional<o:p></o:p></div>
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history books like possibilities, not recycled intuition<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I believe in free will<o:p></o:p></div>
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As much as fate<o:p></o:p></div>
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I believe hard work is my favorite spice<o:p></o:p></div>
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And understanding is the spice of life<o:p></o:p></div>
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Everyone should put their hands in the dirt<o:p></o:p></div>
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And rip produce from the ground and stick it straight in
their mouth<o:p></o:p></div>
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I feel us becoming ever so digital like mental engineering<o:p></o:p></div>
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You look so much better under moonlight than in pixels<o:p></o:p></div>
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I hear voices of clarity cluttered into waves of messages
and likes<o:p></o:p></div>
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Life has the type of beauty that moves<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Be still child, be still<o:p></o:p></div>
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Your itchy feet will subside, we have medicine for that<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dreams and delusions of creativity, we can help with that
too<o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon you’ll be just like the rest<o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon we’ll teach the leftover savage right out of you<o:p></o:p></div>
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Your longings will pass<o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon you will see<o:p></o:p></div>
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Everything is exactly as it should be<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes, this is the road you have been walking to<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Are you ready to grow up?<o:p></o:p></div>
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For the sake of something fleeting<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-4387809524863451332012-10-14T22:35:00.003-04:002012-10-14T22:37:31.409-04:00Dreaming tree take twoI've been thinking about dreaming trees as of late, and decided to write something about them.<br />
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Each moment born from thoughts dropped like pebbles in a pond.<br />
<br />
One day a bird ate a piece of fruit<br />
And with that meal the bird ingested many things<br />
Like sunlight turned into sugar<br />
Vitamin and color<br />
And perhaps the most powerful of all<br />
The bird ingested a seed<br />
A hard package of potential<br />
A temporal passenger<br />
With a wishful ticket of tomorrow<br />
To an undisclosed location<br />
A lifelong destination, if it was one of the lucky ones<br />
<br />
The bird flew with vigor<br />
Call it a boost<br />
A sugar rush<br />
Perhaps even enjoyment<br />
Of a sweet aftertaste on the tongue<br />
<br />
Lofting upon a branch<br />
Where it watched ants march in search<br />
Of apple cores and crumbs<br />
The seed was passed<br />
Splatting upon the ground<br />
With a creamy surrounding<br />
Sure enough to make a lip curl in disgust<br />
And a soil microbe smile in an opportunistic rush<br />
Of fine dining<br />
<br />
Time passes and change which endureth forever<br />
Flows<br />
<br />
Windstorm of seemingly angry fervor<br />
Shoves over those weak and hollow<br />
Snapping limbs and speckling eyes with dust<br />
Or is it tough love just brushing up<br />
Little invisible cyclones in corners only revealed by wrappers and leaves<br />
A little pushy until things eventually settle<br />
And creaky trunks rock like slowing tunes<br />
Sunshine greets new ground and feet<br />
When trees fall<br />
water gets redistributed differently<br />
and sometimes a patient seed with just what it needs<br />
reaches up through thirsty dirt to kiss the sky<br />
and then dig in<br />
<br />
These infants<br />
Saplings suckling sunlight<br />
From time to time become a dreaming tree<br />
That towers over a domain<br />
And pulls not only wildlife but people<br />
To some magnetic cohesion of grace and shade<br />
Centurion providers<br />
The dreaming tree becomes<br />
A part of our life<br />
It becomes a marker on our paths and maps of our story<br />
The dreaming tree speaks<br />
In profound abundance and atavistic simplicity<br />
We thank the dreaming tree<br />
We all have one somewhere in our childhood or future<br />
We thank the dreaming tree
It tells stories of family, love, and growth<br />
They let us dream of something more<br />
We thank the dreaming tree<br />
Let us remember to also thank the bird.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-81869909777584521762012-04-17T11:45:00.009-04:002012-04-17T15:40:53.891-04:00Never mind them Woods (a poem for the Stadium Woods debate)Info about the current debate over Stadium Woods adjacent to Lane Stadium on Virginia Tech campus and a proposed indoor sports facility can be found @ <a href="http://www.savestadiumwoods.com/">Save Stadium Woods</a>. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iVtm0d-_SHo1NHbYrxLGrglLBZjEWhhW4mEMXesLRUjlOMBzv4eATwq8rU1iSupZCfPi7Vf8dT2H1jpwwPedEQO1d0QdEpYvUI-Feb3H1sLuxYBcimQ6R13v75qbBsJn525dKgsdvSg/s1600/stadium+woods+april+2012+009.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iVtm0d-_SHo1NHbYrxLGrglLBZjEWhhW4mEMXesLRUjlOMBzv4eATwq8rU1iSupZCfPi7Vf8dT2H1jpwwPedEQO1d0QdEpYvUI-Feb3H1sLuxYBcimQ6R13v75qbBsJn525dKgsdvSg/s400/stadium+woods+april+2012+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732396849350793410" /></a><br /><br />The gist of this issue is the proposed construction of a sports facility and the potential for it to be constructed by removing a chunk of rare old woods next to Lane stadium. I think/hope the Stadium Woods will be preserved because it should be, but especially after the amount of attention and support it has garnered and the feasibility of building at an alternative site. But like they say, you never know, and you sure can't count your chickens before they hatch. <br /><br />This is a satirical conversation between a group of people on the subject of Stadium Woods, the new athletics facility, and the decision making process. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Never mind them Woods</span><br /><br />"No one is opposed to the facility and athletics makes a strong case for its need. However, most are opposed to placing it in rare, 300-year-old Stadium Woods." ~ a wise man<br /><br />The Virginia Tech Master Plan says Stadium Woods is part of a <br />no-build zone, an <br />“Environmental and Cultural Greenway”<br />But football is different, right?<br />I mean we can bend the rules this once<br />It would be the first time, right Weaver?<br />We just need to pass the pigskin<br />in January and more importantly, <br />flaunt this facility to could be recruits<br />This could really make or break us<br /><br />The quintessential question is<br />Must it be in this one spot?<br />No where else will do<br />Never mind cultural landmarks for future generations<br />Never mind alternative sites<br />We're keeping up with the Joneses<br />1 minute vs. 3 minutes of walking<br />equals less work<br />Never mind how we can understand this adds up<br />But not how other community values do too<br /><br />Never mind some come here for other<br />reasons besides sports<br />Never mind many enjoy both sports and the forests <br />Never mind 5,700 signatures (and counting)<br />Never mind resolutions from<br />the Faculty Senate of Virginia Tech<br />the Arboretum Committee <br />the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Ecological Society of America<br />Support from the ROTC<br />Support from countless residents, children, mothers, grandfathers<br />Support from those who think a land-grant institution entails a land ethic<br />We're reaching out for more than tendrils of history<br /><br />Never mind world class professors<br />with local funds of knowledge<br />Never mind accessibility<br />Never mind a commitment to environmental sustainability and stewardship<br />We are the masters of the universe<br />and we can pick and choose these things<br />We are wise, but thinking holistically is<br />more for ecosystems than expansion<br /><br />Never mind the painfully thick irony <br />of this debate amidst Tree Campus USA recognition <br />Are we apart from nature or a part of nature?<br /><br />Never mind them woods<br />there's plenty outside of town<br />Are we really arguing over a bunch of trees?<br />Never mind trees that were saplings before<br />our 1st U.S. President<br />Never mind 80 types of migrating birds<br />I mean really, birds<br />I want to see that 11-step button hook route perfected<br />what's a warbler ever done for me<br />they can find another pit stop<br /><br />Never mind living classrooms<br />I hear there's an app for that<br />this<br />is<br />the face of progress<br /><br />A living orange and maroon seasonal zeal of wonderment<br />Never mind old growth<br />We'll mitigate that with a few<br />new trees that are only 300<br />years younger<br />same species so no difference right?<br /><br />"You take your hat off and give them<br />the respect they deserve." <br />No, we respect green of another kind<br />currency and turf<br />not hard-to-quantify value<br />of carbon sink and cleaning the air<br />Who cares about stormwater management, I thought<br />we were talking about football<br /><br />Is this about impervious surfaces or impervious ears?<br />We can have world class forests and sports<br />Never mind the false dichotomy of tree huggers and football<br /><br />Is smart growth an oxymoron?<br />Of course not, it's just not always <br />practical<br />Never mind integrated land-use management<br />we can teach it<br />but doing it, is quite different<br /><br />Never mind extra costs to clean up Stroubles Creek, just a little stream that birthed this town<br /><br />At least we can all agree<br />We are inventing the future<br />one way or another.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMc2iMk80fJ-NLgliOnKZp_fdLD9-lAL5FD4uCAbSg4izEa_q2qmo6_M_GUwhpnw9ZSrAZvB4ys6SvJq9rmTEIpBB6ZyafYM-JbViIQK7XTnYN9fvtlpQdyl4deBvAHJ93jrzdURRSROY/s1600/stadium+woods+april+2012+007.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMc2iMk80fJ-NLgliOnKZp_fdLD9-lAL5FD4uCAbSg4izEa_q2qmo6_M_GUwhpnw9ZSrAZvB4ys6SvJq9rmTEIpBB6ZyafYM-JbViIQK7XTnYN9fvtlpQdyl4deBvAHJ93jrzdURRSROY/s400/stadium+woods+april+2012+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732396842717820898" /></a>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-45272251157827495252012-03-27T18:29:00.003-04:002012-03-27T18:43:14.478-04:00A Feather to FlyWith the return of spring and life afresh, I have come to realization the blog has collected cobwebs. Time to share some more poetry and photography with the digital world. To start things off, one of my favorite parts of spring, besides the flowers and verdancy returning and life all aflutter, is the birds. And that ageless wonder and wish that we could fly.<br /><br />A Feather to Fly<br /><br />I remember finding a feather in a field<br />looking at the color, the quill, the shape<br />looking about for a culprit<br />trying to fly by holding a hand over the naked spot<br />wondering if it would be embarrassed<br />I rubbed it against the skin of my cheek<br />and grinned<br />thinking about soaring<br />I went home and read about birds<br />and that was the first time that tool of flight<br />became a book marker holding my place<br /><br />it turned into a scavenger hunt<br />and slowly I learned more and more about birds<br />and feathers<br />and how they fall out and are replaced<br />by the constant mending hands of time<br />how fingernails and feathers are both keratin<br />yet only one can defy gravity<br />I wished I believed in reincarnation<br />so I could be a bird one day<br /><br />but the news said birds again fell from the sky<br />this new years<br />and blunt force trama still kills<br />so maybe its safer on the ground<br /><br />maybe I just wish I could sing like the fluid flute of a thrush<br />or take off on a wing<br /><br />I still pick up feathers when I see them<br />and I have many books to put them in<br />where they let my mind soar<br />and somehow still continue<br />to give flight<br /><br />in a way my wish came true<br />and in a way it and I flew<br />where neither could before.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdk7hHZlgJ_TkvEuTCKCzWSHmItWDdmkptcLix03zFOBEe3vqle-5tPxU8NItCe-bfhlS0e2KN0_MZIb7CfRarblY1d_c02KxekQFlpXsV4rpl9h11jHMZb9mHCvoIF-SP6lugjtWymI/s1600/a+feather+to+fly.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdk7hHZlgJ_TkvEuTCKCzWSHmItWDdmkptcLix03zFOBEe3vqle-5tPxU8NItCe-bfhlS0e2KN0_MZIb7CfRarblY1d_c02KxekQFlpXsV4rpl9h11jHMZb9mHCvoIF-SP6lugjtWymI/s400/a+feather+to+fly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724708467043421602" /></a><br /><br />(northern flicker feather & weeping cherry flowers)Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-12445817276509978732011-05-21T18:14:00.002-04:002011-05-21T18:17:51.771-04:00Do you really think we came from the insides of stars?~ Migration of thought, it shall not return void. As seeds are scattered so will the roots spread and grow in fruition. Ripples of influence as our interactions without fail have no choice but to impact one another. We are responsive mirrors.<br /><br /><br />I watched stars pour out her mouth<br />Celestial bodies squirming and dancing<br />Taking form tickling my ears and<br />Running across my neurons<br />I could feel them tugging and sliding<br />Giggling as they went<br /><br />I watched stars pour out her mouth<br />The birth of idea metamorphosis<br />As thought jauntily put its fingers in the sky<br />And pulled itself through invisible corridor<br />Peaking out its new body as action<br />Like a child resurfacing from a river<br />But more so like one being born<br />Surfacing for the first time<br />From some ethereal special place<br /><br />I shouldn’t use the word spontaneous<br />Because the way you move sounds too smooth<br />Albeit unplanned<br />Organic and real<br />Like seasonal zeal of longing perennial bloom<br /> <br />This garden of thought you spoke of<br />Turned into the playground we saunter through<br />Wrapped up in the vines of verdant growth<br />Wine spilled out your mouth<br />I am drunk over you<br /><br />Terra firma and water molded and clasped hands<br />Churning, spinning wondrously<br />A web of golden tendrils too thin to perceive<br />Barely feeling their residue of charge as we walk through<br />Dissipation of limbic language<br />Our words melt in verdant accord<br />This dream is too real not to be magical<br /><br />My mirror neurons feel something strange as you speak<br />Because I watch stars pour out your mouth<br />Celestial bodies squirming and dancing<br />Taking form tickling my ears and<br />Running across my neurons<br />I can feel them tugging and sliding<br />Giggling as they go<br /><br />And I felt the change wash over me<br />I felt the range of clarity pour forth in swirls<br />And suddenly I knew it was the same when I spoke<br />Vaporous flame of effervescent smoke<br />We’re starting wildfires of the mind<br />Under the hope they rekindle<br />Serontinous yolk<br />We are becoming twined<br />Forever the twain shall meet<br />Inside this tornado of growth<br />For we’re always dreaming<br />But we finally awoke<br /><br />We’re always dreaming, but we finally awoke.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-65917790142736205702011-05-16T14:57:00.001-04:002011-05-16T14:59:14.837-04:00Photo of the DayOhh, I've been slacking with the blog. Hoping to catch up a little bit. For now, a springtime photo of a red eft and morel taken at Fairy Stone State Park, Va.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_u7NDcAmTx2qlLF6-IV3qGMsIvncm3mFvr39tG62L2rnnB9MmciN6VCVYxx6O9KFQ8Uwq53W3fdeEpUW_1sycZdEEM7EsswdJPVbjGffedbB96PSnWPcpnmT-2eexGhpxPqjcfgDuvE/s1600/DSC_2220.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_u7NDcAmTx2qlLF6-IV3qGMsIvncm3mFvr39tG62L2rnnB9MmciN6VCVYxx6O9KFQ8Uwq53W3fdeEpUW_1sycZdEEM7EsswdJPVbjGffedbB96PSnWPcpnmT-2eexGhpxPqjcfgDuvE/s400/DSC_2220.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607390435109617698" /></a>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-90836047698942543762011-02-17T14:56:00.001-05:002011-02-17T14:58:35.943-05:00seeing reflections (fractal miming)we race into the woods<br />like mirrors<br />its not about the speed of light<br />though we do feel rather infinite<br />we just want to see<br />what we left behind<br />and how we look now<br />it might sound strange<br />these childish games<br />reiterated action<br />like shimmers of indigo<br />but we built our treehouse into the sky<br />so what do you expect<br />we are rising, rising<br />not quite frolicking<br />just moving at a pace that makes us grin<br />and the funny thing is<br />we race into the woods<br />like mirrors<br />because we enjoy the blemishes<br />and irregular flowing curves<br />yes, we smell the honey coming soon<br />kaleidoscopic branches and aching bud<br />ready to breathe leaves once more again<br />this light is so awful pleasant<br />filtered through canopy dreams<br />following fluttering liquid thrush song<br />we smile because we always knew<br />fortunate enough to remember<br />I drink from spring kissing refreshing meshing view<br />we move about the woods<br />as mirrors<br />seeing you in this light is not purely uplifting<br />more like exhuming reposed placidity.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-55794764286071147702011-02-10T16:57:00.008-05:002011-02-10T17:40:44.424-05:00Red tailed hawk having a snack on campusI've seen a lot of strange things in my time on Virginia Tech's campus, but today ranks up there with the best of them. I was biking around the drill field when I noticed a good sized hawk with something dragging her down, a recent grab. Two students almost got smacked in the back of the head by the dangling squirrel, and up on a limb she flew to have her meal. She later hid next to a shrub right next to the Chapel to finish it off. I wish I had my dslr, but happy I was just able to witness this and fire off a couple shots with my point n shoot. <br /><br />Some people probably wondered what I was doing sneaking around in the bushes, quite a few people walked by never noticing a thing. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMy40nnXGnLhUbHQdMrZFg6jT_WsoNLhRyWhnKdstnhmS1Hlt8d12CD91R20bxHU16ixv7hdJo2f8LKKXlkMuFEYKe7XjE1MPOSRnhhx1u0XhlvpDtpJ1XP-LeYlckWprI84k-Z-26x7I/s1600/DSC00279.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMy40nnXGnLhUbHQdMrZFg6jT_WsoNLhRyWhnKdstnhmS1Hlt8d12CD91R20bxHU16ixv7hdJo2f8LKKXlkMuFEYKe7XjE1MPOSRnhhx1u0XhlvpDtpJ1XP-LeYlckWprI84k-Z-26x7I/s400/DSC00279.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572187642635735154" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS__ljrCOIIxykFczjhy5q103mLUTP87lPT-AF86GFGp2_nUzYc1U31qepvYxHGwd6c8EUHpX6RwO-j5woAP2XfV2ags9cStMC4zIHXyPMifjCsGF9egHsnbSpzSByR-MjcgKx0XdtVrs/s1600/DSC00281.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS__ljrCOIIxykFczjhy5q103mLUTP87lPT-AF86GFGp2_nUzYc1U31qepvYxHGwd6c8EUHpX6RwO-j5woAP2XfV2ags9cStMC4zIHXyPMifjCsGF9egHsnbSpzSByR-MjcgKx0XdtVrs/s400/DSC00281.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572187513635017170" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujBvfrHBJKBK2dGMnYQTuO2EA7oTGEJi87Nyy4oF5eFTM-Vtccx_FrPGkekS7RcUVNcmgRFQSQtqpMW3Sac_IYCweJzB7Ob7pjBrdGOIIlyi5TNm7YUPDMCjMKBoPKJYJOWsfg8W6czw/s1600/DSC00282.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujBvfrHBJKBK2dGMnYQTuO2EA7oTGEJi87Nyy4oF5eFTM-Vtccx_FrPGkekS7RcUVNcmgRFQSQtqpMW3Sac_IYCweJzB7Ob7pjBrdGOIIlyi5TNm7YUPDMCjMKBoPKJYJOWsfg8W6czw/s400/DSC00282.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572187511358992098" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tT9OJt8SvAQSXoqoBRwhw81vRtF4JAKMkvsWFNym1355zmwy0Iy2PZTs_V9YIYRb9VOAlvJuVzp4CYNrq4CHIiX0JHj-xL7kVFCKenKy2EhCiWFNP9lGxDnRtwWk_YeJG_cB08yKD8I/s1600/DSC00293.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tT9OJt8SvAQSXoqoBRwhw81vRtF4JAKMkvsWFNym1355zmwy0Iy2PZTs_V9YIYRb9VOAlvJuVzp4CYNrq4CHIiX0JHj-xL7kVFCKenKy2EhCiWFNP9lGxDnRtwWk_YeJG_cB08yKD8I/s400/DSC00293.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572187172874795282" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6LhtCE__1vzwASC4ELELTOMsv3EJ4yeS5P61b2yp9S771p_408uFNqVBa_kcwhrcq-v5b6WnXg6md2p5-5hu3FxujbCoD0goAO1XoVvyX5n-dYcP6lEruGEZege1nn3BcGp5pjh1xjM/s1600/DSC00296.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6LhtCE__1vzwASC4ELELTOMsv3EJ4yeS5P61b2yp9S771p_408uFNqVBa_kcwhrcq-v5b6WnXg6md2p5-5hu3FxujbCoD0goAO1XoVvyX5n-dYcP6lEruGEZege1nn3BcGp5pjh1xjM/s400/DSC00296.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572187172456046466" /></a>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-26377303178360685092011-01-13T14:05:00.000-05:002011-01-13T14:06:16.247-05:00quantum kinfrom before birth<br />(we're) of the earth<br /><br />yoga before sunrise<br />lucidity surprise<br />Dawn brings cardinal song<br />and sweet rays<br />on snow hung branch<br /><br />drink the dew<br />of ice<br />and persimmon <br />to simmer the tongue of this unforgiving season<br /><br />mountain range curves<br />great undulating body<br /><br />i used to think symbiosis was spooning breath of unison<br />between discrepant bodies<br />like ants and butterflies<br />or bees and flowers<br /><br />yet we somehow lost sight of collective ways<br />fooled ourselves into thinking<br />we create reality<br />we create ripples<br />its our creative acts<br />defragmented<br />evoking potentials<br /><br />watching snowfall like<br />fractal swarms<br />that disappear and <br />grow to ground<br />I can't tell where they touch<br />but it lifts me up just as well<br /><br />Lost in a dream of<br />electric bundles of potentiality<br />we're synaptic seduction<br />its too concrete<br />ever changing enveloping all<br />i used to think symbiosis<br />was a cute little kinship<br />until I learned<br />its all there really is.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-63309924209839130372010-12-07T19:39:00.002-05:002010-12-07T19:50:23.778-05:00Picture of the Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoy-jKT1RnYxf-hQ5AYs90XTLK5hqFYt6cI6D80J9LLw3wtagqzGNs48FVa1WP8820grhuzh16YtdiJjTr5F_vzgkdvwNBpT_v6NxEs5rEC1XjEva2USslQEYR8bOTGu5SMZ450M5vkUY/s1600/mcaffe+sunrise.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoy-jKT1RnYxf-hQ5AYs90XTLK5hqFYt6cI6D80J9LLw3wtagqzGNs48FVa1WP8820grhuzh16YtdiJjTr5F_vzgkdvwNBpT_v6NxEs5rEC1XjEva2USslQEYR8bOTGu5SMZ450M5vkUY/s400/mcaffe+sunrise.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548105586819084338" /></a><br /><br />crepuscular sunriseAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-26937082099050236852010-12-07T19:37:00.001-05:002010-12-07T19:39:42.772-05:00we're almost beyond that nowsassafras, honey, and whiskey<br />i feel the tree, bee, fire<br />swim down my throat<br />and fill me with something strange<br />the ingestion of connections where synapses don't lie<br />I'm watching wind whip in autumnal tumbles<br />the trees shake and rake fingers against crisp sky<br />i can see ghosts swimming in water vapor<br />billowing shapes of chaos and particulate<br />what was once underground and off limits<br />haunts epochal memory bank<br />but wait<br /><br />we're almost beyond that now<br />we are entering the realm of dreams<br />of nectar skimming verily<br />touching our eyes<br />and wetting thirsty tongue<br />i can taste the seasons shift<br />trees tilt with gusty chill<br />we branch and branch and branch<br />roots stretching into past<br />so we may grow and bud<br />into forbidden fruit of tomorrow<br />for we yearn to return<br />where we can never be<br />and i wonder<br />what sort of strange pollinator<br />will be drawn to our call<br />and spread the seed<br />that shall sit throughout winter<br />like reverie of persimmon<br />through the brittle<br />bone shaking cold<br />waiting<br />waiting its turn<br />to push forth and shine to the alluring cry<br />of the tree of life returning<br />slightly changed<br />in new form<br />from our descent with modification.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-84824762280862955292010-09-29T15:40:00.000-04:002010-09-29T15:41:08.457-04:00the moon is not the mistressThe moon is not the mistress <br />of misconstrued desire<br />She is lonely sun flare firmly ricocheted <br />towards eyes of want<br />The moon is not the mistress<br />She is the mother of atavistic yearning<br />She pulls just soft enough <br />to remind us<br />Yes, it is night<br />Yet we see<br />Riparian cleft <br />where night winds blow<br />While we move as water<br />Clinging to the edge.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-46284730254210817412010-08-27T15:19:00.004-04:002010-08-27T15:36:30.462-04:00I feel the friction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjruVv_VUEEe8ZfQu2-1DHTu4-rQAJCYMwSk0BHCify7xJ6Z1gEz9EyYNzMhd0osYuxFFF0ZmtbHJzhgyyHdxL9-IvvESsknam7Sba4ypMvwX5Rcz1MpzUkGjMiDQxzzYxUC2XJj1amg/s1600/DSC06583.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjruVv_VUEEe8ZfQu2-1DHTu4-rQAJCYMwSk0BHCify7xJ6Z1gEz9EyYNzMhd0osYuxFFF0ZmtbHJzhgyyHdxL9-IvvESsknam7Sba4ypMvwX5Rcz1MpzUkGjMiDQxzzYxUC2XJj1amg/s400/DSC06583.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510175199538032610" /></a><br /><br />Sitting on the swing<br />a little creaky<br />a lot of memories<br />watching that great hydrogen inferno<br />slowly set across the Piedmont<br />I kind of like the way these<br />crumbling barns show the<br />contrast of fading hues<br />of our farming roots<br />against the hum of expansion<br />the lapping tongue of progression<br />like rough cut brush strokes against<br />this crisp, colorful creation<br />I feel the friction<br />between this changing age<br />like plate tectonics, something's got to give<br />because I grew up snapping snaps<br />and popping butterbeans<br />chasing tadpoles and<br />spitting watermelon seeds<br />picking berries off the vine<br />and making love in the fields<br />where fireflies dance and sing in<br />optical glamor<br />but the fields are fallow now<br />burnt offering of fossil fuel sacrifice<br />we're forgetting the songs of the woods<br />songs of common sense<br />psalms of decency<br />this is a concrete jungle<br />moving in waves<br />across a plastic page<br /><br />I saw the beauty of life<br />in the fragility of a thirsty hummingbird<br />hovering with just enough grace to purse<br />my lips into a curve<br />sitting on the swing, warm summer evening<br />sipping down on our concoction of atonement and actuality<br />I can taste the simplicity and languor<br />begging<br />yearning to return.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-64025095618528087572010-08-22T14:48:00.002-04:002010-08-22T14:51:29.627-04:00Photo of the Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cjYHvtOq-Gti6MT3DLauwuV0AjsfCVQj3-n3Q5MUggaYkeAxOcCB4rQu2vu6J3ryw1edJY_7Wp82C0Jplj-DvzSG6t394FjYJC4d1WGCNFM8g7ybFZ_K-0ik1m9shOFVlqFmXLFWuqI/s1600/DSC_1590.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cjYHvtOq-Gti6MT3DLauwuV0AjsfCVQj3-n3Q5MUggaYkeAxOcCB4rQu2vu6J3ryw1edJY_7Wp82C0Jplj-DvzSG6t394FjYJC4d1WGCNFM8g7ybFZ_K-0ik1m9shOFVlqFmXLFWuqI/s400/DSC_1590.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508308578584682658" /></a><br /><br />Sunrise from Round Bald, Tennessee on the Appalachian TrailAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-45772009986353225692010-06-29T12:23:00.000-04:002010-06-29T12:45:40.209-04:00untitled poemTrees sway<br />As grasses to an ant’s sneeze<br />Mountains flow<br />Like rain droplets in sand<br />Patterns and waves<br />Dictate our landscape<br />As well as us all<br />Spirals and crevices<br />Create our form<br />Trees sway as do we.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3haNYzJ9IsZWg0Op_BPO7XeEfA0AKbYKfn5_h9GTB-pvw8jPFqExrzbGIodHEetDIS9wYHPVM26lzWKknyIvZHih00KM_l0e0DgHeakUIgtN9SrbtSiyXOA3hPNhpe0YZ0Gwgx6ltcc/s1600/worm+moon+crop.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3haNYzJ9IsZWg0Op_BPO7XeEfA0AKbYKfn5_h9GTB-pvw8jPFqExrzbGIodHEetDIS9wYHPVM26lzWKknyIvZHih00KM_l0e0DgHeakUIgtN9SrbtSiyXOA3hPNhpe0YZ0Gwgx6ltcc/s400/worm+moon+crop.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488237365803349346" /></a>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-60533158272150841462010-06-29T11:56:00.000-04:002010-06-29T11:59:50.099-04:00photo of the day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgID-Lj0BmkQYlz57mkb6uz_bWN9Lh0wHMLN3wk5XCOuFnVWYkDYTKFudtn3fXFBv9l6wdkKCNGC9-9gPoRz7DefzJstdruS_kY6NOP3YJybmGoOctEmfpXGMFDIEVLKgJNJPCB_4sVX14/s1600/osprey+take+off.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgID-Lj0BmkQYlz57mkb6uz_bWN9Lh0wHMLN3wk5XCOuFnVWYkDYTKFudtn3fXFBv9l6wdkKCNGC9-9gPoRz7DefzJstdruS_kY6NOP3YJybmGoOctEmfpXGMFDIEVLKgJNJPCB_4sVX14/s400/osprey+take+off.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488225472987506882" /></a><br /><br />an osprey, the skilled fisherman, takes off from her nest platform along Taskinas Creek<br />York River State Park, VaAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979120085589732112.post-43745959923648520512010-06-29T11:40:00.001-04:002010-08-26T16:52:52.868-04:00Watching ourselves in the night skySometimes at night<br />I like to lay out on the cool summer grass<br />Or an outcropping with just<br />The right fold for my body<br />And see how far I can stare<br />Into the translucent aether<br />Filtering my view<br />Into the celestial canopy <br /><br />Water vapor and dust<br />Ancestral flames<br />Strings and waves of vibrating<br />Frequencies bending nicely<br />To the hands of this expanding<br />Imagination of consciousness<br />And reality we all draw<br />With our actions, dollars<br />And dreams<br /><br />And I’ve never been able to see<br />To the end<br />It’s stretching out<br />Though we move closer<br />Which confuses this wide eyed<br />Country boy<br /><br />We are bending timescales<br />I’m watching the revolution<br />Spinning around fixed point<br />I can feel myself moving at speed<br />If I calm my mind.<br />This rate of change is unruly<br /><br />Sometimes at night<br />I like to lay out on the cool summer grass<br />Or an outcropping with just<br />The right fold for my body<br />And see how far I can stare <br />And remember the dreams<br />Of a child who yearns to return<br />The inertia of progression of thought<br />Acclimating from the asinine<br />Into dirt and the sanguine.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818462857161173242noreply@blogger.com2