Category: Trees

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Sex on Sunday

A Welsh Baptist preacher was asked whether it was permissible to have sex on Sundays. He replied, “Yes, so long as you don’t enjoy it.”

Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988

Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares”

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Helping the Homeless

When thinking about the homeless and what to do about them, one common trope is that housing need to be more “affordable.” We were in Arcata California a few weeks ago where housing is half the price of Phoenix and one quarter the price of LA and there were still lots of homeless people around. Maybe “affordable” housing isn’t the big issue.

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A Great Life

“I’ve had a great life.

If I die today I would not feel cheated.”

Rabbi Sam Karff

From: Old Man Country
By Thomas R Cole

Photo is from the Mt. Baldy area in Southern California. There are hundreds of these lightening tested trees.

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Nietzsche Nine

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Photo Credit: This is a New Mexican Locust, it is a flowering tree or shrub that grows throughout the SW. We encountered it on our Horton Creek Hike in early June. The photo doesn’t let you hear the sound of the bees pollinating the pale pink flowers.

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Oak Galls

I went hiking, with Peter and Jim, north of Cave Creek, Arizona last Sunday and one of the wonders we came across was an oak tree with oak galls on it. The ones pictured above are about a half inch in diameter. They were mostly empty and the shells weigh less than a gram. They appeared to be growing on leaves. Sometimes called oak apples they are formed by wasps and are related to their reproduction cycle. Until about 100 years ago they were a major ingredient of ink. There is lots more about oak galls on Wikipedia. It reminded me that I need to use my Backyard Scuba techniques more often. Thank you Peter B.