Monthly Archives: September 2013
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The unsteady rock: Descartes, salamanders, and the Nicene Creed
In my last post, I compared saying the Nicene Creed to stepping on unsteady stones across a creek, stepping here and not there, meaning this and not that in an effort not to end up with wet feet and an … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged Austin American-Statesman, David Abram, Georgetown salamander, Nicene Creed, Rene Descartes, Thomas R. Kelly
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Conflict on the half-shell in mellow Marin
“… most ranchers and farmers in the West care as much for the health of their land, air, and water as any member of the Sierra Club.” (Mark Dowie) This was the second September in a row in which we … Continue reading
Posted in Place
Tagged Cowgirl Creamery, environmentalism, Marin County, Mark Dowie, national parks, nature, oysters, Point Reyes National Seashore
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This and not that
Last Sunday we attended a dharma teaching at Green Gulch Farm, on the western flanks of Mount Tamalpais, above Muir Beach. It was the kind of morning for which this part of California is famous: foggy and cool with sudden … Continue reading
Posted in More
Tagged Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Marin County, Nicene Creed, Point Reyes National Seashore, Seton Cove, W. B. Yeats
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