CxD #192: Figs and cheeses and pretty things π
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Tin
~Jane Hirshfield
I studied much and remembered little.
But the world is generous, it kept offering figs and cheesesπ§.
Never mind that soon Iβll have to give it all back,
the world, the figs.
To be a train station of existence is no small matter.
It doesnβt need to be Grand Central or HaydarpaΕa Station.
The engine shed could be low, windowed with coal dust
under a slat-shingled roof. It could be tin.
Another mystery bandaged with rivets and rubies.
Leaking cold and heat in both directions, as the earth does.
Listen to the author read this here:
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Just look at this creature! So much character I canβt even..
If you want to see more, click here.
4. A legendary NYC restaurant goes vegan. Have you given much thought to the immense unnecessary cruelty animals suffer at our hands? Perhaps plants suffer less? And make just as delicious food? Thereβs no holy place to stand anywhere on this planet of ours, but some choices seem wiser than others.
Click on this slide show of amazing plant-based food that doesnβt involve killing and torturing animals here and the full story here.
5. Meet Beets! Our friendly neighborhood possum! She sure loves tomatoes π ! She also takes care of dangerous snakes, isnβt afraid of poisonous venom, and know how to play possum like a champ!
