Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
Anemone
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Friend
I met this swallowtail caterpillar while pulling weeds in garden plot at a school I am working at in Atlanta. Thankfully, he was willing to travel with me upstairs to the classroom where he met many young humans who were gentle, inquisitive, and excited to meet such a fine specimen of his species. When Forest Friday was over and he and I were packing up to leave he gave the kids one last surprise.. he pooped on me. Funny thing, people generally don’t think of insects pooping, but considering all the leaves caterpillars eat it wasn’t surprising at all for me.. after they were completely grossed out my friend the swallowtail caterpillar and I went back to the garden where I found him and there I left him to hopefully eat some more, poop some more, and one day soon become a beautiful butterfly.
Predator and Prey
The hour of departure has arrived and we go our separate ways, I to die and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
~ Socrates
