Tag Archives: Nature

Putting Culture back into Nature

Posted on June 16, 2016 by cjkperley

We have spread across and changed our world. Change is the constant. But it is maintaining the integrity of our systems that is more important than whether there is any particular ‘natural state’. Continue reading →

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Reflections on Wisdom, and the Log from the Sea of Cortez

Posted on February 4, 2013 by cjkperley

Wisdom comes from connecting.  In order to connect, we first have to see what there is around us, what past lessons apply, and to know what matters, in this place, at this time. John Steinbeck’s Log from the Sea of … Continue reading →

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Discovering Great Land Minds

Posted on February 3, 2013 by cjkperley

My first blog post! All happened serendipitously. You start with this nagging thought that goes on for months and months. You love writing but love procrastination more. People prod you to produce prose. You are a mild technophobe, wonder about … Continue reading →

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