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Born in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, I am a genuine Florida Cracker--a descendent of sturdy women and men who farmed their way south from North Carolina in the early 1800's. I am a graduate of Florida State University with a BS in Social Science, and earned an MA in Education/Storytelling from East Tennessee State University. My work is deeply influenced by a love and reverence for the natural world and environmental issues and my love of story. Performance Photos by Valerie Menard, Silentlightimages.com.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Lessons learned from a lichen

Last week, I created a post and managed to send it to this blog from my documents with a photo, and it was successful. I tried it again tonight, since the experience was fun, but nothing doing. How frustrating! What I must admit is that it's my own fault: there is so much fascinating and useful information out there that if I don't write down the source, that resource disappears into the ether. It's still there, but my very human brain can't access it.  Come thou elusive bit of resource, come to me...

I found the lovely space ship attached to a tree down from my apartment last summer. It is so simple and yet complicated, much like my experience trying to work on the web, but somehow, I think this lichen has got it figured out-find your right place, learn it well and stick with it.