Guy wrote:
>The following came to me as I was in the woods today in the rain looking
>for morels and looking at the redbuds and dogwoods. I am not exactly sure
>how it relates to the ECOPATH list, but it does relate to my path through
>life's ecosystem.
At this point in time the natural world is the best model we have for
sustainability so a walk in the woods seems like a direct hit on the
path.
>The ephemeral beauty of the flowering of trees and shrubs reminds me of
>the coolness to the shade we take from these plants' leaves the rest of the
>summer. And I realize that many of these leaves will brighten autumn like
>flowers and then fall to enrich the soil and feed the trees leaving the
>bare skeleton of the trees' architecture.
A similar idea from the trenches:
This morning i was cycling with nature (urinating on the
compost pile) and thinking about how many times this pile of
duff had been recycled over the years. I am sure that parts
of the first tomato we grew years ago is in this pile
somewhere. As i get older i'm hoping the size of this pile
will shrink and perennials will replace some of the short
season crops. But, on this spring morning my thoughts are of
high nitrogen compost feeding the tomato sprouts.
>And I wonder what the lessons are to this cycle and renewal.
In a dynamic model (chaos theory?) of the universe the lessons
never end. Each compost pile and forest walk will be different.
jeff
