Photos: Sue H

As we held it in our hands, the creature within warmed and squirmed. We were delighted and wrapped it tighter in our fists. The pupa began to jerk violently, in heart-stopping knocks. Who’s there? I can still feel those thumps, urgent through a muffling of spun silk and leaf urgent through the swaddling of many years, against the curve of my palm.

-from ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek’ by Annie Dillard.

Toumani Diabaté – Ali Farka Toure
(The Mandé Variations / 2008)
Skyphone – Dream Tree Lemurs
(Avellaneda / 2008)
Nuno Canavarro – Bruma
(Plux Quba / 1988)
Chris Abrahams / Mike Cooper – Surfside No. 2
(Oceanic feeling – Like / 2008)
Los Jaivas – del aire a aire
(alturas de machu pichu / 1981)
Virginia Astley – Morning : a summer long since passed
(From gardens where we feel secure / 1983)
Bleeding Heart Narrative – As if yearning was all and more than enough
(All that was missing we never had in the world / 2008)
Arvo Part – Fratres For Eight Cellos
Part: Fratres (Telarc)

Every day we make decisions that affect our environment. Think about the things that you do, the products you consume and the garbage you generate. Are there any options that you can use that are less agressive for the environment? The answer is generally, yes.

See also: My blood is clean.