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Piasladic

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12. Life

Reply to Hekate (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 10, 2017, 04:29 PM

Dec 2017

The Earth isn't alive by any definition I know. It would be pretty terrifying for the Earth to consume and multiply...

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The earth hums and sings, just as the poets always knew. [View all] suffragette Dec 2017 OP

Thank you for that! sailfla Dec 2017 #1

Youre welcome! Quite the reminder that if we are still and listen, we will hear wonders. suffragette Dec 2017 #3

Lovely malaise Dec 2017 #2

Hi sis! A reminder of the beauty of the universe in which we live. Thought of Prometheus suffragette Dec 2017 #4

Religious hypocrisy has this planet in a total and complete mess malaise Dec 2017 #6

It sure does. We seem to be in the two steps backward part of the cycle now. suffragette Dec 2017 #9

In the meantime matt819 Dec 2017 #5

Yeah, thats no fun. Had a crackling sound in my ears suffragette Dec 2017 #13

Of course, Everyone knew that packman Dec 2017 #7

Now Ill be humming that all day. suffragette Dec 2017 #17

So does my drier Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #8

Well, get crackin' -- it ain't gonna write itself. sl8 Dec 2017 #10

It should join with my washer. Create quite the band! suffragette Dec 2017 #18

How absolutely wonderful. The Earth is a living being, is she not? Hekate Dec 2017 #11

Life Piasladic Dec 2017 #12

More than one Sci Fi author has addressed this, as have scientists in the Gaia Hypothesis... Hekate Dec 2017 #16

I always loved the wind and still do, but in Southern California Hortensis Dec 2017 #21

Raymond Chandler's description has always struck me ... Hekate Dec 2017 #27

I think that's the effect he wanted, disturbing like the winds, Hortensis Dec 2017 #30

Nice thought that my books may be missing me, too. I finally got one book-wall completed... Hekate Dec 2017 #31

Speaking of the earth, just read about the fires overnight. Hortensis Dec 2017 #37

David Brin's Piasladic Dec 2017 #38

Yes, she is. Frida Kahlo imagined that beautifully. suffragette Dec 2017 #14

I don't know about Aeolian modulations but she farted in my general direction once. Solly Mack Dec 2017 #15

Solly, my dear, I adore you! suffragette Dec 2017 #19

and I you! Solly Mack Dec 2017 #20

Must be the British breakfast of bangers and beans on toast. suffragette Dec 2017 #23

That would do it. Solly Mack Dec 2017 #24

I live next to the ocean and I taught my grandson tavernier Dec 2017 #22

Im with you and your grandson. suffragette Dec 2017 #25

Gave me goose bumps. tavernier Dec 2017 #28

Youre welcome. One of my favorites. suffragette Dec 2017 #34

Oh, Sufragette. Thank you for the poetry. Hekate Dec 2017 #29

Glad to share, Hekate. On another note, thinking of SoCal and the forest made me remember suffragette Dec 2017 #33

ROFL. This eve we watched a very fat squirrel (avocados) tease the dogs Hekate Dec 2017 #35

They do enjoy teasing, dont they? Bet it had a shiny fur coat from eating the avocados. Used suffragette Dec 2017 #36

Hmmmm? Achilleaze Dec 2017 #26

Now, In harmony suffragette Dec 2017 #32