Here’s the question that matters: what would you do if you believed the world around you was alive—alive every bit as much as you are?
This is cool: collage artist turns a corner store into an art experience. Things like this can only happen with local shops. Walmart and Dollar General will never do this.
Been playing with the bird sound identification feature of Merlin Bird ID this morning. We’re in town so we have a bit more limited variety of birds. It’s correctly identified the usual cast of characters:
- European starlings
- House sparrow
- American robin
- Chimney swift
- Northern cardinal
- Mourning dove
- House finch
We built a new raised bed this week. That’s not a trick of perspective: it actually is much narrower at the far end. On this end is a mound (hard to see) for a three sisters planting. Past that is amaranth, then two columbine plants at the far end.
Sometimes I remember. Sometimes I feel the magic.
Amen, Parker.
If you’re still holding out hope that renewable energy is the future, you might want to read this.
Blue flag iris in our wildlife pond says good morning.
So I’m a religion nerd from way back and one of my very favorite topics is the differences between Christian denominations. (It’s a neat party trick. In my mind. Others may disagree…) The Useful Charts channel has been doing an excellent series on the family tree of Christian denominations. The most recent episode is about the churches coming out of the Second Great Awakening, which are some of the most fascinating groups precisely because they were willing to throw traditional theology out the window and start from scratch. Next time he will take up the Holiness movement, the Third Great Awakening, and Pentecostalism—which is the tradition in which I grew up. So fun!
Parker Millsap’s new album is great. The title track is my favorite so far.
We’re really good at accidentally growing mushrooms
