All That's Holy

Two books:

a poetic memoir of living/dying

and

case studies in nueroplasticity

Seal Teeth

 

If you ever need to be reminded how astonishing the world is, Google "seal teeth".

Ben urged me to do just that yesterday and then stood by as my mind was blown. SO FANCY. At first, I couldn't believe they were real, but Ben assured me he had learned about them in first grade science.

They're a bona fide natural wonder.

Fuck Yeah

 

An excellent article about perennials.

Pinche Hand Cream

 

It was on my sister-in-law's holiday gift list. My moment to shine, for the quest is never ending.

1. Tulip (via Lizzy and Couls) 

2. Tatcha (via Meghan Markle and Oprah). 

Have there been others? For sure. But I can't remember, so happy am I with these current faves.

Caves In The Redwall

 

My friend, Nate, was invited as a cave specialist on a recent mapping and research expedition in the Grand Canyon exploring a cave system that few humans have ever been lucky enough to enter.

Among the wonders they encountered after free rappelling into (and jumaring out of) the entrance each day, were perfectly preserved bats in excess of 50,000 years old and fantasies of gypsum spun in the cool, still air of the cave. 

Mummified ancient foxes and other vertebrates attest to the unique role of caves as stable sanctuaries apart from, but connected to, the dynamic and often volatile exterior world. 

According To Spinoza

Conatus is the striving of each living thing to become itself.