Respecting Her Seniority

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man [sic] if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. ~E. B. White, “Coon Tree,” Essays of E. B. White, p. 47

“I bow to all that is / all universes, our universe, and mother earth / all species and all humans / and spirit transforming it all. . . .

I bow to all as thou this day. Namaste.” ~from “Daily Ritual,” jpc

image: photo by Monica S. Hoel – near Emory & Henry College in southwestern Virginia, where llc/jpc met and walked nearby mountain trails (part of the Appalachian ranges, birthed some 680 million years ago; because N. America and Africa were connected, the Appalachians form part of the same mountain chain as the Atlas mountains in Morocco) http://en.allexperts.com/e/a/ap/appalachian_mountains.htm