wotan and wetness and work.

rain every day, but a little more sun each successive day as well.
i've added 'the hobbit' to the summer reading list.
a little bit each night, with the girls, until they fall asleep.
wilderlands, yo.
that's the where, and the why, and even the how.....
adventures, my ninja,
and the spirit thereof.
folk life livin' proof of a worthy way of being.

this much moisture leads to stagnant standing swampiness.
and that is the breeding condition most ripe for a pestilence of parasitic puncturers;
mosquitoes.
that's the other thing this weather is great for producing.

mushrooms, of course,
being the first, and most excellent.....

the woods are alive with funghi.
and the camera is ready to record their brief stay on the turf....


the kids are takin' 'er easy today.
we ate at the moat mountain smokehouse and brewery.
home-cooked bbq'd dead animal parts, and microbrewed beers.
and two drug-free vegans and the kids.
weird, right?
wrong!
the homemade veggie burger there is off the charts, son.
word up to yum4tum tastiness,
and for taking a day off from cookin', too.


watching the wee bonnie lassies do what they do,
and flourish in this woodsly enivornment,
makes a warrior-poet think about the bigger picture.
there's somethin' about apples fallin' close to their trees, y'heard?
powerful examples teach powerful lessons.
i've got an eye for imparting wisdom, woden-style,
never quiet, never soft........