According to the Bible, Jesus said, “I am in the Father, and the Father is in me.”
Two thousand years later, Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said, “I am in the universe, and the universe is in me.”
Are we missing something here?
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in the crosshairs of my camera,
the fawn seemed to pose for the shot,
but then, like a silly young girl,
she stuck out her tongue and ran off
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our souls are like barns–
the more weathered they become,
the more beautiful
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I went looking for a nice flower foto for the blog. It was very hot out, but I just needed one good one, so I ventured into the woods and down to the pond. What a mistake!
Suddenly there were swarms of deer flies all around me. I took off running, but to no avail; they circled me like I was standing still. And then it got bad. They were in my shirt and under my glasses; I was afraid they would get in my mouth.
I ran blindly through the woods until I came back out on the road. Walking home, I was shaken and rather bummed that I didn’t get the shot, but so glad to be home. I was about to go in, when–you guessed it–there it was, not ten feet from my door: my flower foto!
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nature loves painting
beautiful wildflowers
on roadside landscapes.
i picture her as a girl,
hopping and skipping
along the ditches,
accidentally on purpose
spilling and splattering
her summer colors
with reckless abandon,
and leaving a trail
of beauty behind.
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My son Aaron and I decided to explore a very remote area of forest, swamp, and bog to the south of us. This is the only road through it–a 45 mile dirt trail with no phone or internet at all. We’re going to drive about half-way through before we hike in. We just saw a bear cross the road ahead, so maybe we’ll run into some wildlife out here in the sticks.
Out here, nature can be harsh if not downright cruel at times. This little bunny is crawling with woodticks; his ears are rimmed with them, and there are some bloated ones hanging on his face. And if that’s not bad enough, every animal he runs into wants to eat him.
Just after I took the bunny’s picture, a dark shadow slid along the ground, and he ducked down a hole. I spun around in time to get a quick shot of his nemesis, a big ol’ broadwinged hawk. Life is hard in the wilderness.
It looked like a storm was coming, so we started heading for home. The forecast had been for partly cloudy skies, but now they were saying that a tornado warning was in effect for the Roseau area. We had to make a quick decision, as it was heading directly toward us. We flew down that dirt road and got out of the way in time, but it sure was scary. There’s no help for you out in the boondocks.
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