Forged in Natures Womb.

Good evening reader, I had the privilege, nay, the pleasure to spend yesterday outside. What a day it was dearest reader. Picture, if you will, birds singing, bees buzzing, a soft breeze blowing, and the warm sun shining on your face. All of this while attending class, oh yes I said it, class. We heard a talk on organic and sustainable gardening at our very own school and strides being made to keep up the nature preserve.
It was certainly an interesting 50 minutes. We discussed the value of native plants not only for the fact that they require less water but also because they benefit soil sustainability. When you introduce plants not native to an area they leach nutrients from the soil that perhaps there is not as much of here than there. They also take far greater amounts of water to maintain.
Something else we discussed, which was of great interest to me, was forest burning. What a lot of people do not realize is that forest fires are an essential part of the reproductive cycle of the forest. It is a forests rebirth if you will. We learned that these burnings take place nearly every year at the school and that they are watched over by people with the good fortune to have the name Fire Master.
So I decided after the talk that it would be a good idea for me to volunteer. As early as this monday I will be on campus early to help with something or other. Perhaps this summer I will get a job as a camp counselor and hopefully a permanent job as whatever the title is that they provide their workers. I am very excited. I spend 50 percent of my time in the woods and parks anyway so why not try to get paid for it. Be jealous reader, be very jealous. Until next time I bid you adieu and good night.

I couldn't think up a title for this post.

My dearest and most beloved reader, please forgive the length of my absence. I have been lax in my duties but I have reentered the world of BLOG so fret no more.
On Friday a guest speaker came to our class to talk about water. We delved headfirst in to an adventure down the depths of our present and through to what the future could look like. I must say reader that in my opinion it was quite snazzy. Everywhere you look today you can see the waste that has become part of our daily life. Leaving the water running while brushing your teeth, watering the lawn at midday, taking a bath instead of a shower, washing the dishes by hand instead of putting them in the dishwasher, and basically being alive. All of these problems are due to people either being uneducated, incompetent, or both.
We learned how underground leaks can sully a good water well and even leak in to reservoirs. The guest speaker than gave us some pamphlets on water saving techniques and went on her merry way. I for one felt an immediate need to change some of my habits. It was enlightening and a little bit interesting to listen to.
In other news, I have changed my diet entirely now. I have begun a portion control system when I eat and I am only eating organic foods. Mostly local and almost all vegan. This does not mean that I have forgone meat, oh no dear reader not me, just that the products I buy are certified vegan and in some cases kosher though I still have no idea what that means.
Also, little sprouts have begun to pop up in my herb garden so following this will a set of pictures including my garden and some items that I have been eating.
Fare well now dearest reader and as always, live long and prosper, greenly.

Community in the Halls of Ivy.

I feel it appropriate at this time to share with you a recent event dear reader.  Before class we held a hallway community discussion.  It is funny to think how we all started out a tight lipped group and now we all know a little about each other just from talking in the hallway.
I noticed a in our class, as opposed to other classes of course, a tenuous bond.  A sharing of ideas and feelings.  I've tried lately to carry this outside of class.  I am normally a very extroverted person and I have taken this a step further.  I am quite sure that many have thought me odd or even a bit insane but it is worth it when I consider how many people have returned my temporary extension of friendship.  I think if we all went out of our way to be a little bit more communal it would result in a much happier campus.  I think I would like a happier campus.  Not many others would though.  It's hard to appreciate community when you don't want to be there in the first place.  Life is funny like that isn't it dearest reader.  People spend so much time doing things they don't want to do in the hopes that will lead to something better that they miss the best times along the way.  A smile from a stranger is more beautiful than the golden toilet that you'll never have. 
I met a girl at Teavana when I went to buy a cup.  We started to talk and found out that we loved the exact same authors.  We exchanged book ideas and emails and still talk with each other over 5 months later.  I live for these things.  I hope you do too.