Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Red Star

Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) amid oaks and others.

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Hannah Arendt, who died on November 4th, 1975 wrote this: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.” (Alabama Republicans the latest marks of demagoguery.)

3 responses to “Red Star”

  1. Shit

    1. You said it!

  2. So true. I heard her speak once at university.

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