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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2025 Apr 04
Poetry of the Week
The Rhodora
- Ralph Waldo EmersonRhodora! if the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being:
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
I never thought to ask, I never knew:
But, in my simple ignorance, suppose
The self-same Power that brought me there brought you.Posted: 2025 Apr 04
Tag Archives: Terra Firma
Every One
One kind of reflection from our recent road trip. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Community, Skies, Terra Firma
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Red Rock – Part 3
Important cosmological update. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Terra Firma
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Red Rock – Part 2
Different perspectives: the same beauty. Continue reading
Red Rock – Part 1
You don’t get much *firma* than this *terra*. Continue reading
Canada Day
A video to mark Canada Day 2022. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Event Videos, Nature Videos, Travel Videos
Tagged Community, Flowers, History, Insects, Mammals, Mountains, Skies, Terra Firma, Trees, Water
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More than Pretty Hills
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Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Mammals, Terra Firma, Travel, Water
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On the Road Again
New views from old places. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Skies, Sunrises and Sunsets, Terra Firma
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Worth Doing
More fun with misquotations. And with blueberries. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Miscellany, Terra Firma, Word Play
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Worth Many Words
More ways to understand where we are. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, New Perspectives, You are Here
Tagged Science, Terra Firma, Water
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