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Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. - Wendell Berry, The Dying of the Trees

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                       Law, say the gardeners, is the sun, Law is the one All gardeners obey To-morrow, yesterday, to-day. Law is the wisdom of the old, The impotent grandfathers feebly scold; The grandchildren put out a treble tongue, Law is the senses of the young. Law, says the priest with a priestly look, Expounding to an unpriestly people, Law is the words in my priestly book, Law is my pulpit and my steeple. Law, says the judge as he looks down his nose, Speaking clearly and most severely, Law is as I've told you before, Law is as you know I suppose, Law is but let me explain it once more, Law is The Law. Yet law-abiding scholars write: Law is neither wrong nor right, Law is only crimes Punished by places and by times, Law is the clothes men wear Anytime, anywhere, Law is Good morning and Good night. Others say, Law is our Fate; Others say, Law is our State; Others say, others say Law is no more, Law has gone away. And always the loud angry crowd, Very angry and very loud, Law is We, And always the soft idiot softly Me. If we, dear, know we know no more Than they about the Law, If I no more than you Know what we should and should not do Except that all agree Gladly or miserably That the Law is And that all know this If therefore thinking it absurd To identify Law with some other word, Unlike so many men I cannot say Law is again, No more than they can we suppress The universal wish to guess Or slip out of our own position Into an unconcerned condition. Although I can at least confine Your vanity and mine To stating timidly A timid similarity, We shall boast anyway: Like love I say. Like love we don't know where or why, Like love we can't compel or fly, Like love we often weep, Like love we seldom keep.                                            

WH Auden

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circumstances make men just as much as men make circumstances.

Marx - German Ideology 1845 (via dailymarx)

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Fall panzanella- roasted delicata squash and Brussels sprouts, Mutsu apples, pomegranate, pepitas, goat cheese, and toasted ciabatta over arugula with a cider-sorghum vinaigrette

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Gardenista

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The star of this post was supposed to be the grape and rosemary focaccia but the pistachio/arugula pesto on the tortellini stole the show. Served with a garlic chicken sausage and mushrooms because hobbit day #focaccia #pistachio #pesto #hobbit day #mushrooms

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#blackeyedsusan unfurling #rudbeckia #forthebees #adventuresincontainergardening #minnesotagarden #garden365

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Best layer definition so far! #croissant

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Heart of darkness croissants- chocolate filled chocolate croissants #croissant #chocolate

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Fig and almond frangipane tart with cornmeal crust

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The Bucolic countryside, Gloucestershire.

By Frederick Ardley Photography

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Blueberry mojito jam, dilly beans, plum carrot kimchi chutney, apricot cherry jam, strawberry rhubarb jam ( that one’s from May)

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Got a start on the black border last night but realized it's going to be 80 rows of straight garter stitch in black and each row takes 10 minutes. Ugh. #knitting #afghan #hueshift #itusedtobefun

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Schiacciata pizza with maple bacon chipotle chili