Once every few years, the Namibian desert experiences what is known as the Sandhof lily bloom. The lily bulbs sit in the clay beneath the desert floor, waiting patiently for years some centimers of rainfall. x.com/i/status/17664…

I try to hold both history and wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.

I feel ancient, as though I had Lived many lives. And may never now know If I am a fool Or have done what my karma demands. Happy 94th birthday Gary Snyder!

Happy 94th birthday Gary Snyder. Japhy Ryder, the original Dharma Bum. Testimony to deep breathing, Zen, and leading the right kind of high life.

I am currently in the middle of this book. I am learning a great deal. What a great writer!

I can’t recommend this book highly enough. To say that it will give you things to think about is an understatement. As always, be prepared to explore and think with a great writer.

Aldo's impact is everywhere― this time adorning a beautiful sign on a restored prairie plot in Ohio. We love seeing all the places you meet Leopold out in the world. Please share! Thanks to Steve Kottmyer for sharing and Bruce Eggleston for the photo and sign! #MondayMusings

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. —Mary Oliver

from Piute Creek. Read the whole poem.

A narrow focus on individuals who drop litter diverts attention and responsibility from the industries that continue to produce single-use products in vast quantities.—Alastair Humphreys A near-constant dilemma between focusing on the macro or the micro. alastairhumphreys.com/product/local/

Every man has to learn the points of compass again as often as he awakes, whether from sleep or any abstraction. Not till we are lost…do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations. (Henry David Thoreau)

From the Rome Is Burning Dept: share.newsbreak.com/7spjftaw?s=i16 I’d worry more about a second TFG term than anything going on now. Habitat destruction via chaining will look like child’s play when Secretary Boebert rules at Interior.

The flow against the dam backs up for some time— but will find The path again. We watch—the birds & I. Nourish and catch, to fly away. #GarySnyder

Stewardship on the H-T is nothing short of a scam. The “leaders” on this forest take advantage of geography & hierarchy to allow disgraceful management. I’m not quite sure who’s worse in Nevada: FS or BLM. No meaningful advocacy or oversight occurs.

Poetry is how language experiences itself.

In approaching the land with an attitude of obligation, willing to observe courtesies difficult to articulate—perhaps only a gesture of the hands—one establishes a regard from which dignity can emerge. Barry Lopez

Sometimes, poets help me explain myself to myself.

I was 15 when this album came out. I had already been listening to Dylan because of an uncle who corrupted me. I have been wrestling with it, the 4 bootleg versions (I have) and the More Blood set since. A crazy thing to set a kid on that path. Who knows if I am better for it.

Man is but a part of the fabric of life - dependant on the whole fabric for his very existence.