Near the river

Understanding the needs of the world

Motherhood is not simply the organic process of giving birth ...
it is an understanding of the needs of the world.
- Alexis DeVeaux

Something good for a child

If you want to do something good for a child...
give him an environment where he can
touch things as much as he wants.
- Buckminster Fuller

Turkey sandwiches

Recipe for Great Turkey Sandwiches
Fresh challah rolls
Top quality sliced turkey
Best Foods mayonnaise (Hellman's on the east coast)
Dijon mustard
Black pepper
Alfalfa sprouts

Built to move

Man sometimes thinks like a tree - but he was built to move.
- Buckminster Fuller

The grand show

This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere;
the dew is never all dried at once;
a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising.

- John Muir

On the road

Fuzzy heads

Self

Our individual self finds its most complete realization within our family self, our community self, our species self, our earthly self, and eventually our universe self.

- Thomas Berry

In the woods

Go placidly amid the noise and haste and
remember what peace there may be in silence.

Each step

Every step that we take upon you should be done in a sacred manner;
each step should be as a prayer.
Black Elk - prayer to Mother Earth

Sorbet of roses

Recipe for Rose and Chardonnay Sorbet

2 cups (gently packed) organic rose petals
1 cup sugar
3 cups cold water
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
I cup Chardonnay wine

Process the rose petals with 1 cup of water and the sugar in a blender or food processor for about 30 seconds. Add remaining 2 cups water, the lemon juice and 1 cup wine and process for about 10 seconds.
Pour the liquid through a fine sieve.
Freeze the mixture in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's directions.

Universe

The whole universe is enhanced with the same breath,
rocks, trees, grass, earth, all animals, and men.

- Hopi saying

Beauty

"Beauty itself is the language to which we have no key;
it is the mute cipher, the cryptogram, the uncracked, unbroken code."

- Annie Dillard

Rainbow at dinner

The river's wild and noble sights, such as those in parlors never dream of.
- H.D. Thoreau