Rusty Ring

(Sagebrush [Artemisia tridentata] collected on my last trip to the Gold Side hangs on the foot of my cot.)

Zen monasteries traditionally close in midsummer, when the zendo gets too hot for comfortable (or safe) sitting and the travelling is g...

( Ambystoma macrodactylum. Politely displaying the reason for both the common name and binomial.)

"There was an anchorite who was grazing with the antelopes and who prayed to God, saying, 'Lord, teach me something more....

It's July, aka the Rock Moon here at the Ring, in which I share with the world my preternatural gift for naming rock groups. ...

(They have to be steamed, not boiled, but it's totally worth the hassle.)

Sit down. Shut up. Pay attention. (Photo courtesy of Benjamin Balazs and Pixabay.com.)