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Fauna

Sauntering along

November 8, 2007

Now that spring is here the cute echidna has come out of hibernation and can be seen sauntering along in its hungry way looking to terrify any ant colony she finds. A walk along the “Peace?” path reveals upheaved ground where sharp claws and a pointy snout have wrecked havoc on the peaceful ants who, [...]

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The bird behind the scene

July 4, 2007

This week a jaunty forest raven dropped down off a branch to pick up a piece of stale bread. As I watched his “on guard” antics of always checking out where danger might be lurking, my own gaze moved past the bird and on down the path that leads to the Peace Fire. Seeing its [...]

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Seeking happiness

April 21, 2006

There is always a bit a solid wisdom coming from the cartoon character Hobbes. Yes, happiness can be found in a sun drenched field. So why do we keep forgetting this? This morning was sunny, but it was also a cold day with a stiff breeze blowing in from the southwest. While out and about [...]

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Heartist Day

February 16, 2006

Like many other lucky people, I received Paulus Berensohn’s Valentine card this week. This year his drawing is, at once, more powerful and more pleading. Opening up the card, Paulus writes on the inside: “Help” the cry of the Heart — to offer and give — to need and receive — to each other and [...]

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Who’s winning?

January 12, 2006

Wedge-Tailed Eagle: Aquila audax; wing span approaching ten feet/ 2.9 meters; female larger than male; nest is a huge pile of sticks lined with fresh eucalypt leaves, often high. Forest Raven: Corvus Tasmanicus; wing span approaching three feet/ .9 meters; large stick nest lined with bark, wool, 10m or higher in fork in forest tree. [...]

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Rent-a-Crowd

November 17, 2005

Here’s an interesting fact: If all the 6 billion people on this earth were to be placed in Tasmania (about the size of Ohio or Ireland), every person would have the equivalent space around them of a small back yard in which to live. Considering how over populated the world is, this almost seems an [...]

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Ancestral bodies

August 4, 2004

Walking along the beach this week, I saw several “creatures” washed ashore. Looking into the eye of one of them, the squid, I couldn’t help but see a portion of myself. Are we related? When we hear the word “ancestor”, who does that bring to mind? It is easy to hold to the notion that [...]

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Ant

July 12, 2004

In our cultural mythology, ants are considered “community minded” and “patient” and “disciplined” builders of their miniaturised, yet vast, highly “militarised” societies. Isn’t it marvellous that such tiny creatures could be such good role models for us “advanced” humans? Being sick last week I had some time to read up on ants and follow them [...]

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A close encounter

June 20, 2004

Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does It End? There are things you can’t reach. But you can reach out to them, and all day long. The wind, the bird flying away. The idea of God. And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier. The snake slides away; the fish jumps, [...]

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Dog and bird

June 1, 2004

It started out, as they say, simple enough. I was on the back deck basking in the warmth of a warmer than normal late autumn afternoon sun and quietly contemplating the Gandhian principle, “Sarvodaya”. This was because a distant neighbour Jane had just buried her dog at Windgrove and I was thinking about the emotional [...]

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