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Was Evolution on Earth Probable? On Earth, the sense of sight evolved in response to light, particularly to reflected light.Was (and is) that evolution inevitable? No. Is it probable? Yes, and the evidence is that we know the eye evolved independently in many...

What Is Value?Money doesn't grow on trees is a belief we are given whilst very young.  It tells the story of having to ‘work for the man’ rather than work with nature. This old belief system couldn't be more wrong, if I look around me at abundance I see money on trees...

Photo by Snake V. on Unsplash Encountering nature from the perspective of being on water, every sense fully attuned, focuses us in the present and brings unexpected gifts for living. Four years ago, when the newly emerged Covid virus was constraining every part of our...

Dog Days of Summer Laura Emerson Alaskauu1.blogspot.com Alaskauu1.substack.com Log Cabin Reflections Kindle book on Amazon about her life off-grid in a remote part of Alaska   The most urban of urbanites, who would not be caught dead beyond the highways and high...

The Golden Ratio, Fibonacci, & Nature’s Spirals – 5-28-24   The real world is beautiful to our senses, mathematics is beautiful to our thinking, and each type of apprehension enhances the beauty of the other – the whole is greater than the sum of its parts....

The Sorceress poster Ursula Le Guin is one of the best known Science Fiction writers of all time. Interestingly, much of her fame is relatively recent which I take to mean that her ideas are still relevant in today’s world. There is a video on YouTube called The...

Landscapes evolve over seasons, centuries, and eons.   I live in a valley shaped by glaciers that flowed sinuously down from the peaks of the Alaska Range 200 miles north of me.  We can estimate the glaciers’ thickness by the mountains on either side of the valley. ...

Spring has arrived in the northeast. In latitudes where four seasons are distinct, each with its own color palette, symphony of sounds, and visible changes in the landscape, the arrival of spring can be watched day by day if one has the patience to notice. This is my...

Blog  Aurora Borealis Laura Emerson Alaskauu1.blogspot.com Alaskauu1.substack.com Book:  Log Cabin Reflections, Kindle, Amazon $5   For several decades, I lived in Houston, TX, latitude 31.  When I moved to Alaska, latitude 61, almost everything was different, of...

Despite Two More Feet of Snow, Spring has Sprung Although our land is still blanketed by 2 feet of snow and the lake remains frozen, spring has sprung this week.  How do I know? One clue is the first of many flocks of migrating geese and one, lone sandhill crane...