on taking care

pouring over permaculture texts has left me with a satisfied spirit but a loss for original thought.

instead, I posit these simple words with their respective definitions.

tend
to care for or look after; to give one's attention to.

curate
to select, organize, and look after the items in a collection.

if I truly embraced the notion of my being a steward of my own time and resources, what would change?

the undergirding of a permaculture approach to system design is the thought which is put into the arrangement of elements, with each piece being thoroughly considered: weighed, measured, and handled with care.

but even the less tangible elements like wind direction, geothermal temperature and passive solar heat shrink to the weight and proportion of little wooden chess pieces in comparison to the indeterminate parts of our days.

for now, I hope that my education in permaculture will inform not just my choices in garden design or career path, but also the ways I decide to curate my collection of hours and days: I wish to be a good tender of time.

on wishes for clarity

let me write simply; let me speak precisely. 

if only my thoughts be could be as a drop of distilled water

hovering in the darkness, forming slowly, and hesitating until the molecules have gathered. at long last they are bound together in a weight complete, with neither need nor room for anything else.

it's time to go: hesitating no longer, the drop releases itself cleanly

it plunges straight & swift

and confidently kisses the surface of the glassy pool below.

its affection quickly binds it to the rest

and immediately its wholeness, and all of its parts, become incorporated.

oh, if only!