blackoaknaturalist: I Love Irony

A Quarantine Update

This has not been a busy year on my blog, having sometimes gone a month or more without posting anything new. Currently teaching three college classes online from home, and not finding much time to write and post images for the blog. One more week in the semester and Spring has sprung, so that should change. I have a backlog of several dozen photos taken in the last few weeks, so I will soon be posting them along with stories of the experiences I'm having along the way. My overall theme is generally concentrated on flowering plants and their symbiotic relationships with their pollinators. When the mood strikes, I insert philosophical and political comments. Please feel free to share your comments, but please be nice. I try to be.

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

I Love Irony

Just read the S. F. Chronicle "Grabbers; A Selection of First Sentences From New Books." One that caught my eye was "There is hardly anything more natural than hating Nature." In my line of work, that sort of sentiment gets my attention! It's the opening line in a novel by Milen Ruskov titled Thrown Into Nature. I read several reviews and I think I need to get this novel. It appeals to my sense of humor. Reminds me of a favorite quote from Lily Tomlin: "No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up." Maybe I'm in this mood because of watching excerpts from last night's Republican debate.