PaddyO
@paddyo121.bsky.social
Retired Science teacher, lover of science and nature, Native plant nerd, working to leave our living world a better place for all creatures great and small.
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“To this list I would add one more thing.
Elders are more often listeners than speakers. And when they speak, they can talk for a long while without using the word I.”
~ Barry Lopez, Horizon
Elders are more often listeners than speakers. And when they speak, they can talk for a long while without using the word I.”
~ Barry Lopez, Horizon
March 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“To this list I would add one more thing.
Elders are more often listeners than speakers. And when they speak, they can talk for a long while without using the word I.”
~ Barry Lopez, Horizon
Elders are more often listeners than speakers. And when they speak, they can talk for a long while without using the word I.”
~ Barry Lopez, Horizon
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Cutting Medicaid for a tax cut for billionaires is amoral.
February 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Cutting Medicaid for a tax cut for billionaires is amoral.
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Mr. President: Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, I have a better idea.
In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour.
Let's steal those ideas.
In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour.
Let's steal those ideas.
January 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Mr. President: Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, I have a better idea.
In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour.
Let's steal those ideas.
In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour.
Let's steal those ideas.
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The Layers by Stanley Kunitz
www.divasofverse.com/2015/11/the-...
www.divasofverse.com/2015/11/the-...
The Layers by Stanley Kunitz
The Layers I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was, though some princi...
www.divasofverse.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Layers by Stanley Kunitz
www.divasofverse.com/2015/11/the-...
www.divasofverse.com/2015/11/the-...
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The Inner Landscape
of Beauty, 2005
Irish poet John O'Donohue
"There is a place in you where you have never been wounded, where there is still a sureness in you... a confidence and tranquility."
youtu.be/aqalrRkYP14?si=xHovRDhMYBCOdLey
of Beauty, 2005
Irish poet John O'Donohue
"There is a place in you where you have never been wounded, where there is still a sureness in you... a confidence and tranquility."
youtu.be/aqalrRkYP14?si=xHovRDhMYBCOdLey
John O'Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
YouTube video by The On Being Project
youtu.be
November 27, 2024 at 2:15 AM
The Inner Landscape
of Beauty, 2005
Irish poet John O'Donohue
"There is a place in you where you have never been wounded, where there is still a sureness in you... a confidence and tranquility."
youtu.be/aqalrRkYP14?si=xHovRDhMYBCOdLey
of Beauty, 2005
Irish poet John O'Donohue
"There is a place in you where you have never been wounded, where there is still a sureness in you... a confidence and tranquility."
youtu.be/aqalrRkYP14?si=xHovRDhMYBCOdLey
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Where you are understood,
you are at home.
John O'Donohue
Connemara
Bill Brandt, 1945
you are at home.
John O'Donohue
Connemara
Bill Brandt, 1945
November 27, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Where you are understood,
you are at home.
John O'Donohue
Connemara
Bill Brandt, 1945
you are at home.
John O'Donohue
Connemara
Bill Brandt, 1945
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my #smallpoemsunday offering is a favorite by John O' Donohue
December 8, 2024 at 8:03 PM
my #smallpoemsunday offering is a favorite by John O' Donohue
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One to stick on the mirror.
December 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
One to stick on the mirror.
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"Our very life here depends directly on continuous acts of beginning."
A spell against stagnation – John O'Donohue on beginnings
A spell against stagnation – John O'Donohue on beginnings
A Spell Against Stagnation: John O’Donohue on Beginnings
“Our very life here depends directly on continuous acts of beginning.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 31, 2024 at 8:01 PM
"Our very life here depends directly on continuous acts of beginning."
A spell against stagnation – John O'Donohue on beginnings
A spell against stagnation – John O'Donohue on beginnings
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I would love to live
Like a river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.
—Fluent by John O'Donohue
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
Like a river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.
—Fluent by John O'Donohue
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
January 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I would love to live
Like a river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.
—Fluent by John O'Donohue
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
Like a river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.
—Fluent by John O'Donohue
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
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May your day be sweet and the thoughts about yourself even sweeter. 💚
December 5, 2024 at 1:08 PM
May your day be sweet and the thoughts about yourself even sweeter. 💚
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“If the only prayer you say in your whole life is “thank you,” that would suffice.”
- Meister Eckhart
From the book Living in Gratitude by Angeles Arrien ❤️
- Meister Eckhart
From the book Living in Gratitude by Angeles Arrien ❤️
January 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“If the only prayer you say in your whole life is “thank you,” that would suffice.”
- Meister Eckhart
From the book Living in Gratitude by Angeles Arrien ❤️
- Meister Eckhart
From the book Living in Gratitude by Angeles Arrien ❤️
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Anna Akhmatova, trans. Kunitz and Haywood.
Kunitz writes: 'Her poems exist in the purity and exactness of their diction, the authority of their tone, the subtlety of their rhythmic modulations, the integrity of their form ... The only way to translate Akhmatova is by writing well.'
#poetry
Kunitz writes: 'Her poems exist in the purity and exactness of their diction, the authority of their tone, the subtlety of their rhythmic modulations, the integrity of their form ... The only way to translate Akhmatova is by writing well.'
#poetry
December 22, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Anna Akhmatova, trans. Kunitz and Haywood.
Kunitz writes: 'Her poems exist in the purity and exactness of their diction, the authority of their tone, the subtlety of their rhythmic modulations, the integrity of their form ... The only way to translate Akhmatova is by writing well.'
#poetry
Kunitz writes: 'Her poems exist in the purity and exactness of their diction, the authority of their tone, the subtlety of their rhythmic modulations, the integrity of their form ... The only way to translate Akhmatova is by writing well.'
#poetry
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Do americano Stanley Kunitz ( 2 Pulitzer de Poesia)
April 19, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Do americano Stanley Kunitz ( 2 Pulitzer de Poesia)
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yea, it is a powerful toxic force field protecting personal space, kind of. Allelopathy from coffee affects some plant species more than others, which is why adding coffee grounds directly to the soil is a very dodgy gardening tip. Black walnut also has same effect.
December 9, 2024 at 3:17 AM
yea, it is a powerful toxic force field protecting personal space, kind of. Allelopathy from coffee affects some plant species more than others, which is why adding coffee grounds directly to the soil is a very dodgy gardening tip. Black walnut also has same effect.
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stoked about the new piet ouldolf book (also margaret roach is such a good columnist) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/realestate/garden-plants-piet-oudolf.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
What Makes a Garden a Work of Art? Piet Oudolf Explains.
The noted designer of the High Line has wisdom to share with other gardeners: “I put plants on a stage and let them perform.”
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2023 at 9:57 PM
stoked about the new piet ouldolf book (also margaret roach is such a good columnist) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/realestate/garden-plants-piet-oudolf.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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"All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness."
Poet and philosopher David Whyte on the deeper meanings of friendship, love, and heartbreak
Poet and philosopher David Whyte on the deeper meanings of friendship, love, and heartbreak
Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on the Deeper Meanings of Friendship, Love, and Heartbreak
“All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness.”
www.themarginalian.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness."
Poet and philosopher David Whyte on the deeper meanings of friendship, love, and heartbreak
Poet and philosopher David Whyte on the deeper meanings of friendship, love, and heartbreak