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If I Were Woke, I’d Be Naked and Starving by Leah Mueller (HOW TO HEAL THE EARTH Series) Leave a comment
If I Were Woke, I’d be Naked and Starving
by Leah Mueller
My cast-off cans
and bottles rest
in corners of my kitchen
and bathroom, encased
in sturdy plastic bins.
Are the bins themselves
recyclable? I pretend
it doesn’t matter,
since I will always own
those bins. I pretend
to understand how my
waste will be transformed
from empty garbanzo cans
into glittering icons
of 21st century
eco-chic architecture,
and won’t be shipped
across oceans in barges:
belching exhaust
and discharging sewage
as they make their way
to distant countries, who
no longer want our garbage.
I create a trail of refuse,
just by existing. If I
move my weight around,
I use more resources.
Better to sit
absolutely still,
naked, but that
would get me arrested.
Guess I’ll pretend
I’m saving the
goddamned planet
by bringing my bills
and grocery receipts
and wine bottles to
the local recycling plant,
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Cedar Waxwings Sharing Food Leave a comment
Cedar Waxwings Sharing Food In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
Plenty of berries
Here in Sabino Canyon
For migrating birds.
— kenne
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Great Horned Owl Landing 2 comments
Great Horned Owl Landing — Photo-Artistry by kenne
An owl landed
in a nearby tree
in the light of day
perfect for
taking photos.
— kenne
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Desert Abstract Art Leave a comment
An abstract art piece was posted four years ago, on January 14th. — kenne
Desert Abstract Art — Image by kenne
Ideas Bloom Where Planted
Yet not the first,
planting ideas
generates a new beginning
forming the orientation
of the next
creating a path
for others to follow.
— kenne
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Orange Sulpher Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.”
— Rita Mae Brown
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Portland Maine Marina — HDR Image by kenne
In Maine we have a saying that there’s no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.
— Edmund Muskie
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Capturing The Moment — The Full Wolf Moon 1 comment
The first full moon of 2022 was three days ago, called the Wolf Moon. Per the Farmer’s Almanac, the Wolf Moon is a nickname given to a full moon that takes place during January. It’s named because wolves tend to howl more often during the winter season, which is always when this lunation occurs. It was long believed that wolves’ uptick in howling during this time of year was due to hunger, given the lack of food sources during the winter. However, biologists know now that howling is a territorial act that picks up during the colder months as a way for wolves to stake their claim and make their presence known. — kenne
Image by kenne
Born in January, and given my independent nature, I feel a relationship to what some Native Americans called the Wolf Moon since it appeared when hunger wolves howled outside their villages. Technically the Wolf Moon occurred a little before midnight on the 26th. I seem to have more success in photographing the moon just before sunrise, so this Wolf Moon image was taken as it was about to set over the Tucson mountains.
On cold winter nights
Hunger wolves howl at the moon
A midnight high point.
kenne
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- The Full Wolf Moon (paradelle.wordpress.com)
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Design For Speed, Now Gone To Seed Leave a comment
This post first appeared on January 19, 2013. — kenne
Images by kenne
Once designed for speed
Now used for target practice
This Chevy Nova.
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American Snout Butterfly 1 comment
American Snout Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Why should we look to the past in order to prepare for the future?
Because there is nowhere else to look.”
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“Music Explosion” — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Whenever society gets too stifling
and the rules too complex,
there’s some sort of musical explosion.
— Slash
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Hurricane Damage Near I-10 In Louisiana — HDR Image by kenne
Louisiana had three hurricanes in 2020, then Hurricane Ida roared ashore on August 29, 2021
the 16-year anniversary of Katrina’s devastating landfall.
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National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, Selma, Alabama (August 10, 2021) — Image by kenne
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Flame Skimmer Dragonfly — Image by kenne
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Fort Preble Window, South Portland, Maine (August 2021) — Image by kenne
“Fort Preble was a military fort in South Portland, Maine, United States, built in 1808 and progressively added to through 1906. The fort was active during all major wars from the War of 1812 through World War II. The fort was deactivated in 1950. It is now on the campus of Southern Maine Community College.” — Source: Wikimedia
Becoming is Superior to Being 