He had been dying a whileHarboring decayFrom roots to tileCurly fungi grew in rows on a stemMost of the branchesHad no leaves on them..Still it flowered a few more springsIts pods dangling through fall..On one of its tallest dead branchesA mockingbird delighted to call… Continue Reading “Her dying tree”
Category: Environment, Philosophy, PoetryTags: friendship, Garden, gardening, golden raintree, life and death, meaning of life, old trees, poem, trees, trees in poetry
There’s nowhere to go Would you still have dreams Of love Will there still be streams Or cove If there was, Nowhere to go. Would you still hope Of joy Will there be scope Or ploy To be better, when, There was nowhere to… Continue Reading “There’s nowhere to go”
How do you know when you love a book? I know when I resist finishing it. It’s a habit I picked up for Lord of the Rings. Today, I did finish reading the Bird Business, by Rohan Chakravarty: the illustrated peek into the daily… Continue Reading “Happy Anniversary: Bird BUsiness”
Category: Books, Entertainment, Environment, Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, Science, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Art book, Bird behavior, Bird Business, bird courtship, bird dance, birding, BNHS, Book on Indian Birds, Book review, bushchat, cartoonist, courtship, dancing, Ecology, flamingoes, flashmob, florican, greater racquet-tailed drongo, Green Humour, Green humour cartoonist, Illustrated book, indian roller, Jacana, Mating, murmuration, sarus cranes, shimmy, shimmying, starlings, Wildlife art, wildlife illustrations
While there is a lot to think about Covid19 it self and write, both of which I am doing or have done, I won’t be writing much about it in this post. Today it’s time to rue the time we were in New Orleans… Continue Reading “A time to relive through RUe (roux)”
Category: Entertainment, Environment, Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Antoines, Brunch, Cajun, Cajun Cuisine, Creole, culture, Gumbo, Louisiana, New Orleans, NOLA, Restaurants, Roux, Roux sauce, travel tales
Posted on December 23, 2019
by nootropicphilosopher
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Just when I almost gave up. Although, that’s a terribly arrogant statement to make, who was I to give up anyway. What did I ever do. I grew up thinking the country belonged to everyone, people who didn’t think so were in a minority… Continue Reading “Indians are alive”
Category: Environment, I think.., Philosophy, Politics, Science, World CultureTags: Activism, Amit Shah, Assam, BJP, Citizenship amendment act, Divisiveness, heritage, Hindu Rashtra, Hindutva, Human rights, Incarceration, India, Jamia Milia, JNU, Modi, Nazi, NRC, Protests, Students
