Silver Grey Fox on Picnic Table

 

grey fox on picnic table

silver fox on picnic table

          

          Evenings in late spring

 

          When temperatures are newly short sleeved and sweaters are no longer

          With daylight taking slightly longer to recede and the last of the Swifts

                    (or Turns, I don't know how to tell the difference)

          Bank and scree above the tree tops until they are all gone for their nests

          Then the first firefly of this year blinks his bold availability cross the yard

          While a hummingbird sneaks a nightcap before whirring to her branch

          And all bird and insect and reptile sounds echo away to near quietude 

          I take refuge from the mosquitoes on my screened-in back porch

          As the occasional bat dips and dives for those it can sense in the shadows

          

          My attention is focus-snagged on a relatively-loud and very distinct sound 

          Smacky chew-crunching like that of a dog (obviously nearby) and I recall

          There were still portions of leftover stale bread crusts on my picnic table

          My light reveals a grey silver fox (with a smaller head than I'd have imagined)

          Finishing what was too-stale by the previous day's corvids and squirrels

 

          It came back ten nights later to insure I got a better look

          Now, I know the difference (and rarity) between a silver and a grey fox

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Haiku Lightning

 

Bear Got My Birb Food

Spiral Dynamics (Go On: Reading Curriculum)

 

          Confused by it all?  Want a way to understand why you are confused?  Do you have a desire to learn where and why every human who ever lived (and who will ever live) has done (and will do) what they are doing?  This book is mandatory reading for those who have finished listening to the audio essays, speeches, and guidance from Go On Part 1, before listening to Go On Part 2 (coming soon).

          In my present (May 2022) the Covid19 pandemic is less effective at killing humans than it had been for the last two years; Russia is less effective at murdering Ukrainians than most humans thought it would be (and--conversely--Ukrainians are more effective at defending themselves); the very-much un-united states has now become the fundamentalist theocracy that it has been attempting to become for decades; and I have survived an appendectomy and antibiotic-caused colitis symptoms as I strive to flow the rainbow-spiral.  

Note:  The authors of this book are blind to their own incompetence's academically intelligent (they both decided not to employ qualified editors and are completely clueless as to how to write a book almost everyone might enjoy reading).  However, if you already read this book and found it to be an easy read (and don't understand why I found it to be torture) congratulations on your PhD, professor! 

• Skip the doubly-extensive and poorly constructed introductions and absolutely do not begin reading at the front of the book.  Instead, begin by a scan of the chart on page 300-301.
• While reading the following portions, let your attention flow past any/all sentences which reference the author's penchant for: endlessly listing examples, obscure cultural references, name-dropping, and the author's incessant need to pat themselves on the back or point out how smart that they think they are.  [Think of this as you attempting to speed read.]
  
• The oddly confusing (and sometimes very wrong) cultural references are deeply rooted in the author's rich, old, white, privilege.  These sometimes humorous but never interesting to read pseudo-metaphorical references make this entire book seem like it was written for the audience of a 1996 magazine.
  
• Scan over the Yellow section (pages 274-285).  It is valuable.  The authors actually read and/or talked with people who are Yellow.  They themselves are not, but they want to be.
• Briefly scan over the Turquoise section (pages 286-292).  It is conjecture and hypothetical.  
• Read the Orange, Green, Blue, Red, and Purple sections (between pages 201 and 273).  It is not necessary to read them in any order.  If you are uninterested in some areas, skip it.
• Finish with Chapter 2 (pages 34-38).
• If you find this amount of information sufficient, that is all that is required to continue with the Go On project.
• If you want to read more (because you are a CEO, or a politician who recognizes a way to flow from Blue-Orange and can envision the calm peacefulness of Yellow) reading the rest of the book might help.