Why Do I Write This Blog???
The easiest (and probably the most honest) answer to that question is: I don't know. It all started in the summer of 2005, when I went to Crawford, Texas ( a.k.a. the home of the prez's ranch, a.k.a. the home of Camp Casey) to support Cindy Sheehan. I wanted the world to know that, contrary to what one could read in the mainstream media, the peace movement was alive and well and large numbers of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. I wanted people to know that thousands of Americans were willing to travel to Texas and tolerate the heat, humidity, and bugs in order to support a grieving mother whose new purpose was to shine a light on the lies that led to the war and to bring home our troops so that no other mother would have to know the pain that she felt.
Over time, this blog has become more of an exploration of who I am, my spirituality, and how life works. I love life's complexities, exploring the shades of gray. I want to, as Rainier Maria Rilke said,
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."
Maybe my blog is just one big question about what is needed in order for people to take the time to love and cherish each other and our earth. Maybe someday, I will "live along some distant day into the answer."
In the meantime, thank you for joining me on my journey. I welcome you to share yours with me
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I didn't know what he was doing until I saw him go back to his corn cob that was under the tree (some neighbor feeds the squirrels LOTS of corn). I watched him as he took kernels of corn to different parts of the yard.
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Smart squirrel? :)
Too bad I can't follow him around this winter and see how well he does finding all of his horded food!
I envy your environment - except for the snow - we gets lots of snow, too. No, actually, I envy your dedication to capturing moments in time from the parts of our lives we sometimes miss out on - simply because we don't really pay attention. Watching a multitude of life cycles throughout a single year. Even though I live in an urban center, I need to take more time and get to know the various animals that visit our small city lot. We see hawks, a falcon, squirrels, opossum, Great Blue Heron, raccoons, chipmunks, bats, owls, cardinals, etc.
It's all there to document if I just take the time to stop and appreciate the life that surrounds me. Thanks for setting a great example.
Aw, Robert. Thank you!
ALL the wildlife gives me joy. And we need all the joy we can get in this life!
(Maybe I'll be seeing photos of opossums on your blog in the near future???)
That is amazing! I never before thought of squirrels as farmers. I will now.
And I find it very amusing that this little guy plants a kernel of corn in the ground, and by planting it next to my flowers, he gets ME to water it for him!
The noive of some squirrels!
aww that's the cutest thing ever! What a wonderful little critter. I think he's trying to make a suggestion to you. ;)
Hmmmm…that squirrel sounds almost as devious as a cat!
socrunchy,
What do you think his suggestion is? That I should grow a field of corn for all my rodent neighbors??? ;-)
Too bad the corn plants in the little planter won't make it because of so little room for roots. But I'll leave some of the ones that grow in the yard and flower gardens.
Nick, I think that all animals own us, don't you? They just let us THINK that we're the smarter species.
Yes, Carol, I agree. I also believe that we humans enter this world under the guidance and protectionof an animal spirit or totem or power animal, however one wants to describe it.
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