North Texas Master NaturalistCategory Archives: This & That
Jim’s This & That June 2018
JIM’S THIS & THAT : June 2018 *** At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable. Christopher Reeve *** Take a look inside for… 1. Links to community calendars 2. News You Can Use: articles, activities, and resources 3. Area organizations & locations for eco-recreation & education Click here for Jim’s This & That for June. Jim’s This & That June 2018
Jim’s This & That May 2018
JIM’S THIS & THAT: May 2018 Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, Jim Varnum! Happy birthday to you! May the Fourth be with you! What is hope? It is a presentiment that imagination is more real and reality less real than it looks. It is a hunch that the overwhelming brutality of facts that oppress and repress is not the last word. It is a suspicion that reality is more complex than realism wants us to believe and that the frontiers of the possible… Read More →
Jim’s This and That: April 2018
JIM’S THIS & THAT: April 2018 Happy April Fools Day! What to do, what to do…here are some devilish inspirations… https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-april-fools-pranks *** Forbid us to be satisfied with what we make of life. Draw us from trivial content and set our eyes on far-off goals. Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to you for strength. Deliver us from fretfulness and self-pitying; make us sure of the good we cannot see and of the hidden good in the world. Save us from… Read More →
Jim’s This and That – February 2018
HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY! It’s official – early this morning (Feb. 2), Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, thus predicting 6 more weeks of winter. The announcement came via this traditional poetic announcement: “Up early this morning. Far from home. Are you searching for the Phil-osopher’s stone? Well, even my best friends, they don’t know. Is it an early spring or just more snow,” the proclamation read. “My faithful followers, your hands (and my paws) are getting cold so here is my forecast. Not lead, but solid gold: I see… Read More →
