The odes, oddities, and O Deities of a world traveler

  • Ode to the Tenacity of Plants

    Ode to the Tenacity of Plants

    Plants embody tenacity to me. It is the bravest act of an organism to commit itself to a single location through its life with no recourse or chance to flee whatever the world might throw at it. Plants set their roots, sometimes deep, sometimes superficially, but they are then constrained to that spot. They have…

  • Did you know: Daisy Trees

    there are tree-sized daisies growing on the slopes of East-African volcanoes?

  • Ode to Rippling Water

    Ode to Rippling Water

    Rippling water is scintillating motion. The appearance of rippling water is one of the most memorizing things, the constant change and near-chaos is somehow tempered to a calming pattern. There is in infinite variety of rippling water based on the constructive and destructive interference of the waves because there are so many origin points of…

  • Did you know: ubiquitous daisies

    daisies are the most common plant family in the world?

  • Ode to Food with a View

    Ode to Food with a View

    Food with a view combines two of my favorite things: food and views. It is one of the few things that I will freely splurge on with money and not feel resentful at the extra spending. The reason this combination is so wonderful for me is probably because you can fill pauses in eating with…

  • Did you know: Giant Roses

    most common fruits are giant roses? Apples, Peaches, Pears, Cherries, Plumbs, etc.

  • Ode to Good Sore

    Ode to Good Sore

    Being good sore means that you have worked yourself, you have pushed the limits of what you can do, but you have not over-done it. Good sore is the sore of doing something you are just unaccustomed enough at to feel it the next day or several days. You have challenged yourself and every feeling…

  • Did you know: Cherry Poison

    cherry leaves contain cyanide? It is part of what makes them so pretty in the fall. (The fruit is ok. The trees want you to eat that).