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Week 3 The Ocean Microbiome and Hydrofeminism

During fermentation, thousands of bacteria interact over time, bringing about a magical, yummy, alchemy. In a forest, mycelium networks flow together, creating complex systems that undergird the forest’s foundation. In our guts, bacteria control our digestion and mood. Oxygen helps us breathe. This mosaic of systems shows us how millions of micro and macro factors work together to sustain life, interconnected. 

Week2: Hexegonal patterns, bread, honey and regenerative ag

In Velarde New Mexico, on the Rio Grande river between Taos and Sante Fe, my Uncles Andre and Pierre and my Grandmother Tutu spent many years on a farm. There, my Uncle Andre grew apples. He was also a beekeeper, tending to a colony of bees and selling honey at the Santa Fe farmers market each week in little jars with the yellow label, “Eves farm.” Cultivating the Bee population on his farm helped him with the pollination and care of his crops. 

Pencils, Trees and the Invisible Hand of God (Week 1 Assignment)

 

The lyrical poem, I Pencil, by Lenoard E. Read, describes the seemingly endless chain of production required to make a pencil. In it, the narrator of the poem, an “ordinary pencil,” references another poem, a classic poem, Trees by Joyce Kilmer.

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

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