“Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.” Alfred Austin This post is in memory of my father, Richard “Dick” Connelly Lyon who passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at the age of 85 years. These are the words I wrote and delivered as his eulogy to honor himContinue reading “My Garden of Life”
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Innate Resources
“Trees do not force their sap, nor does the flower push its bloom.” -Ranier Maria Rilke Our planet is blanketed with the beauty and biodiversity of five major biomes, large, naturally occurring communities of plants and animals that occupy a broad geographic area. The five major biomes include the tundra, desert, forests, grassland, and aquatic. WithinContinue reading “Innate Resources”
Abscission
“When leaves have to let go of the tree, they wear their best colors and they dance all the way to the ground.” – Karen Kingsbury In the botanical context, abscission is the shedding of various plant parts, the dropping of leaves, fruit, flowers, or seeds. Senescence means “to grow old” and is theContinue reading “Abscission”
Solitude
“Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in oneself is the rain that cultivates a hero to endure the storm, and bare the genesis of a new world, a new forest.” – Mike Norton As we stand in the midst of a global pandemic, seclusionContinue reading “Solitude”
From the Outside 