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Tag: knowledge

  • Creature Counts – WIP – Updated Nov 13 2025

    Creature Counts – WIP – Updated Nov 13 2025

    I want to add a “critter counter” or “creature counts” to the site this season, but in the meantime I have been meeting lots of new animals, bugs, birds, etc. since we arrived to upstate new york, (more on that in an upcoming post).

    Recently though I encountered a Masked Hunter Nymph (Reduvius Personatus) a type fo assassin bug according to the google lens search. [image coming shortly].

    They earned their nickname “dustbug” because they cover themselves in dust, lint & debris. It looked like a crawling dust spider when I first saw it.

    Anyway — i will be sharing the bugs & things we meet here with info, photos, etc. Additionally there will be an entire section for flowers. Historically these categories were referred to as Flora & Fauna.

    Heading into October in the Catskill Mountains we are seeing all the bears, we have a returning deer family of 3 that come to visit twice a day. The house we moved into in August was previously inhabited by chipmunks.

    November 2025

    The update was triggered by reviewing and updating a to do list when I noticed this post still talked about the house we were moving out of — LOL. We are in the process of moving again, and hopefully for the last time. The house we had moved into in August was not “previously inhabited by chipmunks as I mentioned above, it was INHABITED by chipmunks, mice, maybe a rat or two, barn swallows, and a lot of bugs. [read the full story in parts starting here].

    This house has crow visitors, cardinals, and lots of neighbors with dogs and cats from what I can see. It sits on 24 acres, and as winter comes I look forward to seeing it bare, and having the glorious opportunity to watch it come to life this Spring.

  • WORD SHIT: Persistent

    Persistent

    [pərˈsistənt] adjective

    continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

  • WORD SHIT: Stubborn

    Stubborn

    [ˈstəbərn] adjective

    having or showing dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.

    Thoughts to come….

  • WORD SHIT: Cautious

    Cautious

    [ˈkôSHəs] adjective

    (of a person) careful to avoid potential problems or dangers.

    (of an action) characterized by the desire to avoid potential problems.

  • WORD SHIT: Comply

    Comply

    [kəmˈplī/] verb

    (of a person or group) act in accordance with a wish or command.

    See also: Compliance

  • WORD SHIT: Clarity

    Clarity

    [ˈklerədē] noun

    1.the quality of being coherent and intelligible.

    2.the quality of transparency or purity.

    Clarity comes from transparency, and I believe it’s connected to honesty, authenticity and understanding.

    To Be Continued…

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  • What Makes A Good Parent?

    In the midst of my increasingly ugly divorce with my soon to be ex-husband we continue to “disagree” on some seemingly universal basics. Now while some of you may be thinking — just don’t talk to him. Move out. Be the bigger person. Please kindly and disrespectfully fuck off. Three years of silence and being the bigger person got me here to this exact point.

    So after a quick google search of “what makes a good father?” for the comic relief, followed by the same search of “what makes a good mother?” it has occured to me that society in this country is FUCKED. (As if we didn’t already know this.)

    Below are the two images of the top things listed for each search as prepared by google.

    As noted these were compiled from various sources across the web. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK THOUGH?

    *Please note I am fully aware of what MY definition of a good parent is on both sides. We will get to that.

    Can we just talk about the apologize when necessary first?

    To be continued….

  • Word Shit: Exclusive

    Exclusive

    [ikˈsklo͞osiv,ekˈsklo͞osiv] adjective

    1.Excluding or not admitting other things.

    2.Restricted or limited to the person, group, or area concerned.

  • Word Shit: Principle

    Principle

    [ˈprinsəp(ə)l] noun

    1.A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.

    2. a general scientific theorem or law that has numerous special applications across a wide field.

    Principle is often confused with principal. Coming back to this post shortly.

  • Word Shit: Humility

    Humility

    [hyoo-mil-i-tee] noun

    the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one’s own importance, rank, etc.

  • Memory Exercise

    Memory Exercise

    For now I am calling this a memory exercise, and perhaps it should come with some sort of warning, because it may or may not unpack baggage.

    Close your eyes and think back to when you were a kid, perhaps sometime in elementary school. Try to find a memory of an event, a holiday party, a school assembly, county fair, but it would be a place where you would be with your family, your parents or caregivers.

    Pick one. They are deep in conversation with their friends, chit chatting away. You catch a glimpse of your name as you pass by, and it peaks your curiosity. What is being said? How is your parent describing you? What words or tone can you hear, feel, or remember?

    This happened to me recently, trying to think back on how my mother used to speak about me, how she spoke to me publicly, privately, how she spoke about me with one friend, vs. how she spoke about me when she thought no one was listening, when she thought I wasn’t listening or when she thought I was… A series of words came up.

    To be continued…

  • WORD SHIT: Inspire

    Inspire

    [inˈspī(ə)r] verb

    fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

    I believe that true inspiration comes naturally. It cannot be forced. You can’t forcibly inspire someone, there is definitely another word for that — in which I am currently blanking on. Again, definitions from various sources will provide their own perspectives, contexts, and connotations.

    To be continued…

  • WORD SHIT: BOLD

    Bold
    [bōld] adjective

    1.(of a person, action, or idea) showing an ability to take risks; confident and courageous.

    2. (of a color or design) having a strong or vivid appearance.

    The definition of BOLD, adjective.

  • Questions on a Friday

    Why do people ask “How are you?” if they don’t truly want to know?

    Why does it always feel like someone is offended by the difference of opinion?

    When did the general public get so fucking lazy?

    Who makes all the rules?

    How does advice become cliche quotes/ sayings?

    Why were we told not to burn our bridges down?

  • Curiosity… Why do we stop being curious?

    I have a thing with words, and with context. I believe honesty and transparency are key, if one is confused they should ask for clarification. Not everyone knows everything, but there are things that everyone SHOULD know. Let’s talk about curiosity — and I think before we begin, let’s make sure we are all referring to the same definition.

    Curiosity (noun)

    a strong desire to know or learn something. “filled with curiosity, she peered through the window” According to Oxford Languages Dictionary.

    I found this in a journal from October 2020:
    Another term for experience is the “curse of knowledge” — when we have done something before or feel that we know it, we tend to stop asking questions.

    We don’t go back to the beginning and dig deep to find new aspects of it. We jump to the conclusion much more quickly.


    Basically, we stop asking WHY. We stop learning.
    THAT’S BAD. The cure for stagnation = curiosity.

    When you couple experience with curiosity, amazing things can happen.

    The ability to question things that we already “know”. That isn’t easy to do.

    Insatiable curiosity can be uncomfortable, even annoying… it is definitely annoying. But asking basic questions, and challenging the usual “That’s just how we do it” is the way to create something that hooks people.

    Curiosity is a state of active interest

    Do we like it simply because it’s familiar? Or because it’s the best approach?

    When we are curious, we see things differently; we use our powers of observation more fully. We are able to see a different perspective.

    Why does it feel like as you grow older you stop asking WHY? You stop asking HOW? You just accept everything as it is — good or bad.