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The Poethical Wager
The Poethical Wager By Susan Presto At first she thought that if she stood very still for long enough, the plants would resume communication. It began to become apparent however, when no breeze was present, that they never stopped. Through close observation and measurement, grew an understanding of the ways in which this happened. [15]
By Susan Presto 5 years ago in Earth
Me and Mother Nature
My day started in the usual way. I did the ordinary things I did every morning. Shaving, not being one of them. I picked up my clipboard headed for the outdoors. Once outside, I took a long deep breath. When exhaling, I could lightly taste the cedar and pine trees' fragrances that were floating in the crisp, fresh mountain air. Just to the left of the front door stands a warren rattan chair. That seems always to be inviting you to sit a spell. So I excepted the invite and sat down as I was taking in what I could see—all of which nature has given to me.
By A. Keith Clement5 years ago in Earth
Dancing with Dinosaurs
Have you ever sat back and wondered what life was like 100 years ago? 200? Perhaps a millennium? Four? Did you ever ask yourself hey, I really wish I could have met a dinosaur? Or perhaps a creature so unique it has ten eyes, an outer shell, and most closely related to a spider?
By Laura Buonpastore5 years ago in Earth
A Life-changing Lesson I Learned from Gardening
The coronavirus pandemic hit our lives in unexpected ways and brought our lives to a standstill. Frontline health workers took over to face the battle head-on while the rest of us were confined to our homes to stay put and quarantine ourselves. People lost jobs, schools and colleges were closed, factories were shut down and the manufacturing sector came to a halt. But it is said that with every challenge a new opportunity also arises with it.
By Ann Mary Alexander5 years ago in Earth
Behind The Lens 🟪📸🟪
Location I was absolutely delighted to escape my quarantine hotel one Wednesday In Sri Lanka, having being invited on Safari to Yala National Park. This was my first time seeing these majestic mammals in the wild and it was a truly magical experience. We had a 2.5 hour car journey to get to the park, where we transferred into a massive open jeep that could comfortably accommodate x6. There was only myself, the guide and the kind Colombian who had invited me as his guest. Absolutely perfect for allowing me to climb around in search of good angles for photographs. Shoes off, crouching, kneeling, hanging out the sides...the roof... you name it I was doing it!
By Kayleigh Fraser ✨5 years ago in Earth
Nature and the Creative Life
Living in the country has been such a welcome surprise. I was raised in the city and loved living there. After marrying and 6 years of living in the city, we decided to try country life and have lived in the country in a home my husband and I designed for 24 years.
By Virginia McGuire5 years ago in Earth
The Great Vegetable Plot
Struggling Alone Once upon a time in a land far, far away there lived a celery plant. It was tall with a busy mop of straggly unkept leaves on top. Its bright green leaves were frazzled, peppered with brown spots, burnt on like someone had walked along dragging a cigarette beside them carelessly scorching everything in its path. From a distance the long stalks appeared to be sprinkled with a black lumpy scale but in fact they were little black bugs called aphids that were jostling all over the top of each other. The aphids were merrily walking their way up and down the stalk chomping on whatever they wanted, leaving potholes and a white slime behind. The celery had almost given up under the weight of the unyielding bugs.
By M.K. Marche5 years ago in Earth
