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"Nature, never a flat plane, has always more folds and faces still hidden from human view. The world is a prism, not a window. Wherever we look, we find new refractions." -- from 'The Light Eaters' by Zoë Schlanger

#WednesdayBookQuote #books #reading #bookstodon

Julé Cunningham 14h ago

Mountain Mindset 23h ago

Last week I spent the whole week offline. This week Im feeling it's the best thing Ive done for my mental health in a long time. This is your online reminder to take offline breaks; enjoy the natural world!

I truly value staying connected with you all globally, but there is something unnatural for sure receiving so much of a negative news feed. Being based in the US, in the current dumpster fire it is, it's been interesting connecting, reading & seeing more global perspectives on Mastodon, and the fediverse overall. I am around a diverse enough group of people locally, offline, to recognize how much varying information we receive based on where we choose to look. This community is playing an important role in shaping the future voices to be in the world. Thank you for being here.

Photos are from recent attempt to summit Mt Baker. Furthest I have solo ski climbed on glacial terrain this late in the year. Strong wind pushed me back, varying dense clouds circled around, found enough reasons to turn around. Words I found as a kid "respect the mountain, the mountain will respect you." Remember to carry that which you value into the future. Cheers to the future we will bring!

#mountains #mountainmondset #camping #digitaldetox #nature #mtbaker #cascades #cascadia #mountainescape #weekoffline #respect #future #WildIdeas #fediverse #Mastodon #community

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Julé Cunningham 14h ago

@StefanieH Amazing how good tools can make all the difference. - just think of all the time you've freed up to chase pesky rabbits! Rabbits or no, it sounds like the garden is producing bumper crops this year, and the orange peach tomatoes sound delicious.

Thanks for your little review of the Haber, now I remember why it particularly caught my eye - that link to Montaigne. It stays on the list!📚 📚

I remember hearing an interview years ago with someone from (I think) Australia or New Zealand about the damage of agricultural animals to the environment, landscape, and ways of farming. It was an eye-opening interview.

Julé Cunningham 14h ago

David de Groot 📸1d ago

Not a bird for onceI saw these reeds while walking to the office the other morning and doubled-back for a quick shot.

#reflection

Julé Cunningham 14h ago

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Jer 🚵🏼1d ago

It was all I could do to not stop every few feet and take another mushroom photo instead of biking. Guess I'm due for a long mushroom hike.
#mushtodon

Julé Cunningham 14h ago

e#art to start 🎨
...languid summer day

'Red roof by the water'
Artist: Paul Gauguin
#painting #oil #OilPainting #landscape

Julé Cunningham 3d ago

Hopper The Cocker 3d ago

#silentsunday

Julé Cunningham 3d ago

"The Caxton was very accomplished at not being noticed it. It had a way of blending into its surroundings, aided by the tendency of a great many people—some of whom should really have known better—to ignore books, or underestimate their importance and dismiss reading as a dreary pursuit, this being the natural response of the unimaginative." -- from 'Night & Day' by John Connolly

#SundayBookQuote #books #reading #bookstodon

Julé Cunningham 3d ago

Greg Johnston 3d ago

#SilentSunday

Julé Cunningham 3d ago

Haderach C. Kwisatch 6d ago

"Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks – essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss scientists found that the trees could draw carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and store it as calcium carbonate ‘rocks’ in the surrounding soil.

"The research is being presented this week at the Goldschmidt conference in Prague.

"The trees – native to Kenya – are one of the first fruit trees shown to have this ability, known as the oxalate carbonate pathway…"
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250706225819.htm

From air to stone: The fig trees fighting climate change

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still yield fruit—hinting at a delicious new weapon in the climate-change arsenal.

ScienceDaily