To look beyond words… To perceive the eternal beauty of things forever encircling and forming our lives… To jump from the stale, restricted, ordinary labels and concepts… To trash the limited (false) psychological space between here and there… To leap high beyond dullness, boredom, and indifference… To see immortality everywhere in every thing, animal, and person… To go far beyond the books, creeds, so-called superiors, ringleaders, and experts… To put limitation in its place, and go far beyond it… To — despite manmade chaos and all the monkey-business — live joyfully, wisely, ecstatically, and free…
Dragon of the Skies … Photo by Thomas Peace c.2025
My Blog primarily consists of close-up nature photos (that I've taken locally) combined with original holistic-truth oriented prose and/or poetry involving mindfulness/awareness. I love nature and I love understanding the whole (not merely the parts and the details). I'm a retired teacher of the multiply handicapped.
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This is a stunning image Tom – your dragonfly seems to blend in well with its background perfectly. And your words are perfect as well, sad as they may be.
Thank you, Linda! 😊 It seems like a handsome looking insect to me. I don’t see anything overly sad about the words, however.
Did you hear about the “carnivorous” squirrels in California? It’s been in the news. Of course a lot of animals are really omnivorous; they are opportunistic eaters, especially in hard times.
Wow – no, I had not heard about the “carnivorous” squirrels in California. I am going to Google that now. YTom, now as I bemoan the fate of my squirrels in tomorrow’s post and knowing that people will say “Circle of Life” and “coyotes and eagles have to eat” I read this. I have heard that squirrels will raid bird nests for nestlings, or even eggs if they are hungry.
Linda, i tried to respond to your latest blog about the squirrels but Webroot isn’t allowing me to send a response for some reason. In eary March, i thought that the squirrels in my yard may have gotten eaten by the coyotes or feral cats, but now i see squirrels in the yard doing just fine. They know how to be elusive and how to move to other areas now and then. 😉
Tom, I almost mentioned this last night, because you had responded to my comment on your blog and I never got the response in my notifications. I have an issue where half the time I can’t “like” other people’s blog posts and/or when I reply to comments they make to me on their blogs. Last night I was able to “like” so in going through and clicking “like” for posts I had responded to previously, I saw you responded, so was able to respond. I thought that was odd.
I hope the squirrels have moved on and consider it safe to return one day … soon. I had concern since they were scared of me, cowering in my presence and scurrying up the tree, so unlike them after 12 years of feeding them and interacting with them. I am glad your squirrels had a happy ending and hope mine have fared the same.
I went and looked to see if I had somehow inadvertently blocked you from responding, but do not see anything amiss. WordPress is frequently acting up these days Tom. Meanwhile we have this severe weather moving in in about 30-45 minutes. I hope you are not also dealing with it.
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That’s beautiful. Deep and wise.
Thank you, Ladybug! 😊
Beautiful Brother!❤️💯
Much appreciated, M.T.! 😊
You’re very welcome my brother! #GoodWorks❤️💯
Powerful and profound. Love it!💕
Means a lot coming from a poet like you, Grace! 😊
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Perfect! This is beautiful 💚✨
So glad you see it, Shreya! 😊
Wow amazing picture Tom! So beautiful! 🙂
Thank you, Marcela! Keep snappin’. 😊
This is a stunning image Tom – your dragonfly seems to blend in well with its background perfectly. And your words are perfect as well, sad as they may be.
Thank you, Linda! 😊 It seems like a handsome looking insect to me. I don’t see anything overly sad about the words, however.
Did you hear about the “carnivorous” squirrels in California? It’s been in the news. Of course a lot of animals are really omnivorous; they are opportunistic eaters, especially in hard times.
Wow – no, I had not heard about the “carnivorous” squirrels in California. I am going to Google that now. YTom, now as I bemoan the fate of my squirrels in tomorrow’s post and knowing that people will say “Circle of Life” and “coyotes and eagles have to eat” I read this. I have heard that squirrels will raid bird nests for nestlings, or even eggs if they are hungry.
Linda, i tried to respond to your latest blog about the squirrels but Webroot isn’t allowing me to send a response for some reason.
In eary March, i thought that the squirrels in my yard may have gotten eaten by the coyotes or feral cats, but now i see squirrels in the yard doing just fine. They know how to be elusive and how to move to other areas now and then. 😉
Tom, I almost mentioned this last night, because you had responded to my comment on your blog and I never got the response in my notifications. I have an issue where half the time I can’t “like” other people’s blog posts and/or when I reply to comments they make to me on their blogs. Last night I was able to “like” so in going through and clicking “like” for posts I had responded to previously, I saw you responded, so was able to respond. I thought that was odd.
I hope the squirrels have moved on and consider it safe to return one day … soon. I had concern since they were scared of me, cowering in my presence and scurrying up the tree, so unlike them after 12 years of feeding them and interacting with them. I am glad your squirrels had a happy ending and hope mine have fared the same.
I went and looked to see if I had somehow inadvertently blocked you from responding, but do not see anything amiss. WordPress is frequently acting up these days Tom. Meanwhile we have this severe weather moving in in about 30-45 minutes. I hope you are not also dealing with it.