A Resource & Let’s Go
See our front page for a summer showcase and links that may prove useful–farmers markets, events, listings.
Ponder this:
Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.” The farmer said, “Maybe.” The next day the horse came back bringing seven wild horses with it, and in the evening everybody came back and said, “Oh, isn’t that lucky. What a great turn of events. You now have eight horses!” The farmer again said, “Maybe.”
The following day his son tried to break one of the horses, and while riding it, he was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbors then said, “Oh dear, that’s too bad,” and the farmer responded, “Maybe.” The next day the conscription officers came around to conscript people into the army, and they rejected his son because he had a broken leg. Again all the neighbors came around and said, “Isn’t that great!” Again, he said, “Maybe.”
The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it’s really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad — because you never know what will be the consequence of the misfortune; or, you never know what will be the consequences of good fortune.
— Alan Watts
Keep an eye on the heat, don’t let it get you. Help others around you do the same.
Eric Sloane is gone but not forgotten. His re-created studio, with books and objects that appear in his art, books.
The Wangunks history, astounding; this marker is located in Portland, CT.
In the park, the water lilies of the pond.
River wings.
— Moo Dog Press (@moodogpress.com) May 23, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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Invention and innovation in a weathervane – wind direction as it swivels.
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. – Mark Twain