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LEARNING BIRDS # 04

The hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), or hyacinthine macaw, is a parrot native to central and eastern South America. With a length (from the top of its head to the tip of its long pointed tail) of about one meter it is longer than any other species of parrot. It is the largest macaw and theContinue reading “LEARNING BIRDS # 04”

FREEDOM UNDER SIEGE

Originally posted on Creating Heaven On Earth:
I’ve been thinking about freedom a lot. If you have your eyes open and ears as well, you will know that what is transpiring right now not only in America but globally, has nothing to do with a virus. It has however, everything to do with a totalitarian…

RITUALS OF THE LAZY FOLKS

GITA WISDOM # 45 विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्‌।श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते॥ शास्त्रविधि से हीन, अन्नदान से रहित, बिना मन्त्रों के, बिना दक्षिणा के और बिना श्रद्धा के किए जाने वाले यज्ञ को तामस यज्ञ कहते हैं ॥13॥ Men possessed of lazy approaches to life carry out religious practices not sanctified by the scriptures with indifference and bereftContinue reading “RITUALS OF THE LAZY FOLKS”

LEAVE A TRACE

Originally posted on Roth Poetry:
Coming, going, the waterbirds don’t leave a trace ~ Dogen Time pounds our lives like the ocean pounds the shore. Do you not know how short and fragile life can be? Some think wealth or power will produce a lasting legacy. How foolish… When all becomes bones and dust and…

LEARNING BIRDS # 03

Mountain Hawk-Eagle The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson’s hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia. The latter name is in reference to the naturalist, Brian Houghton Hodgson, who described the species after collecting one himself in the Himalayas. A less widely recognized common English name is the feather-toed eagle. Like allContinue reading “LEARNING BIRDS # 03”

REFLECTIONS OF US

Originally posted on Annika Perry:
Summer slips into autumn almost unnoticed; the body hugging warmth acquiesces to an insipid invasive damp that clings to our lungs. One minute the green of July and August, then with the next blink there is the hint of the golden copper of October. However, leaves fail to create the…

LEARNING BIRDS # 02

Crimson-backed sunbird at Nature’s nest, Tambdi Surla-Goa The crimson-backed sunbird or small sunbird (Leptocoma minima) is a sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Like other sunbirds, they feed mainly on nectar although they take insects, especially to feed their young. They are tiny birds that are resident and are found in forests butContinue reading “LEARNING BIRDS # 02”