You can’t escape the cultural associations embodied by plants. You can’t have one without the other. ~ Ayurella Horn-Muller, Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South As I reflect upon the green vines that blanket hillsides all around these parts, I wonder if well-read visitors think about Southern authors and their use […]
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You may not be disturbed by the upheaval of the English language, but those of us who love words (logophiles) are. Let’s look at two that create confusion.
WATERFALL OR CASCADE? TOMĀTO, TOMĂTO? Read More »
” … We are hierarchical animals. Sweep one hierarchy away, and another will take its place, perhaps less palatable than the first.” ~ Camille Paglia In my March post on honey and its creators, I mentioned I’d address hierarchies later, and now’s the time. Like it or not, there are social structures and organizational charts
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We cannot live in a world where the Monarch Butterfly does not exist. Period. ~ Tarisa Parrish, The Adventures of Johnny Butterflyseed As with many other topics I attempt to address, I knew little about butterflies before I began research for this post. However, I did have one experience with another GSMNP volunteer, Mark Weingartz, when I
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Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale. ~Lauren DeStefano, Wither Shades of perspectives People have all kinds of reasons to love autumn. Some love the cool crisp air and the smell of the fallen
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We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. ~Vince Lombardi Little known buzz about bees Would it surprise you to hear that honey bees are not native to North America? Well, not unless you count that one bee fossil from 14 million years ago. Anyway, National Geographic’s Education
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“She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head,And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.”~ A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young Most of the world calls these lovely blooms daffodils. To me, they will always be buttercups. Whatever you call them, they are symbols of the easing of cold weather and, very often, markers of
Daffodils say, “spring is on the way & Winter is dead.” Read More »