Why bother?

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Mahatma Gandhi

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Thinkforyourselfees

YESEES AND NOEES

The Yesees said yes to anything
That anyone suggested.
The Noees said no to everything
Unless it was proven and tested.
So the Yesees all died of much too much
And the Noees all died of fright,
But somehow I think the Thinkforyourselfees
All came out all right.

by Shel Silverstein
from ‘Nasty School’ and Other Poems

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Desire

July 2011 vegetable garden

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

  – Benjamin Franklin

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Food vs. health

People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to our health, and are healed by the health industry, which pays no attention to our food. ~Wendell Berry

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Healthy soils

The Great Soil Erosion of the 19th and 20th centuries represents the most massive transport of material on Earth since the last ice age… As we begin to transition out of the cheap-energy era, the reality of Earth’s missing topsoil will be felt more deeply than we might imagine. Healthy soil is, of course, the foundation of any agriculture and culture; food can only be extracted from land via fossil fuel fertilizers and pesticides temporarily, at best. Societies have long existed without highways and electrical grids; it’s when the soil and water give out – or the climate shifts quickly – that civilizations collapse. This collapse may continue to be delayed for as long as fossil fuels can be substituted for soil, rapid climate change is nascent, or until fresh, potable water becomes scarce.

- Ben Falk at http://www.wholesystemsdesign.com/rapid-topsoil-formation/

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A much-needed late winter get-away

Hurricane Hole

Hurricane Hole near Coral Bay, St. John

Maho Bay

Maho Bay, St. John

Jumbie Bay, St. John

Cinnamon Bay, St. John

Ram Head, St. John

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But our profits ARE bigger

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Can we finally say goodbye to this stuff?

[Taken Jan. 15, 2011.]

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Reality-based

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
– Philip K. Dick

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Sunrise on Long Sands

If you look closely, you can see that this gull has something in his beak. Probably a mussel or a crab. Click on the pictures for a closer look.
Sunrise at Long Sands Beach

If you look closely at the next one, you can see that the dude has a surfboard in his hands.
Nubble at sunrise
Oh, the wildlife you can see at 6:45 in the morning.

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