To see the world in a grain of sand,
And heaven in a wild flower;
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

-William Blake

Far away there in the sunshine
are my highest aspirations.
I may not reach them,
but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them,
and try to follow where they lead.

-Louisa May Alcott

We are visiting a farm this weekend and I am not sure how internet-friendly it will be.

Jacob and Maverick will post tomorrow evening when we return, and I’m sure I’ll pop in with our local meal update.

Here’s some fun reading, some green, some not so much, until then:

• The Million Lights Project wants to send you a free CFL.
• Learn to compost your humanure (via Treehugger) Not the way to talk my husband into starting a compost pile, methinks…
• “Plastic Backpack Bags Cow Farts” Well, it’s about damn time…
• British Government advises eating your leftovers Meanwhile, Americans receive checks in the mail and are encouraged to buy plasma-screen TVs…
• Green photography tips that I found helpful. (via Epic Edits Weblog)
• My favorite baby eats his first local meal.
• My beloved Thoreau traveled in Maine following Wabanaki canoe routes. Bridget Besaw photodocuments this trail and now I want to move to Maine– make sure you click on her slideshow on the right…
• Relax, the FDA says high fructose corn syrup is natural; gee, thanks for clearing that up, FDA…
• Bill Nye and Ed Begley go toe-to-toe over who is greener I win the green dork contest because this article made me so blissfully happy! Now I want to know who would win in an arm wrestling competition…
• Estimated cost for oil heat this winter: $2593. (via The Huffington Post)… Estimated temperature setting in my house this winter: 60 degrees…
• The best Alice in Wonderland photos ever… I have these framed in my living room.
• Last but not least, George W. pumps fist in air, signs off from G8 with a “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter”. Really, is it too much to ask, that our President not act like some embarrassing frat boy?

Have a good weekend!

Get out in that sunshine!

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

-Robert Byrne

The highest purpose

is to have no purpose at all.

-John Cage

What do you think?

Is it more important to continually move towards a purpose in life,
or to strive towards a zen-like, in-the-moment existence?

How do you achieve balance between the two?

This isn’t rhetoric! I’d love to hear your thoughts.