The philosopher Justin E.H. Smith asks, in his blog, Do Trees Exist?
In my opinion, Smith is one of the best writers on the internet right now.
[daily log: walking, 1km]
Day: January 7, 2020
Caveat: Changeable Weather
It can be interesting seeing the shifts in weather. These shifts seem more noticeable when it gets colder. I think it has to do with a change from the monotonic and endless fronts of Pacific rain to the colder continental airmasses that sometimes make it out this far.
Yesterday, I happened to capture this with a series of pictures from the deck looking north toward the mountain across the water.
8 AM.
10 AM.
NOON.
Caveat: Poem #1255 “Surreality II”
Faces presented angelic desires. Hallways distorted by unburning fires wove eldrich patterns and fell into stairs, vast nameless oceans, their clouds like pink flares.
– a pair of rhymed tetrameter couplets