Lewis' Monkeyflower (Mimulus lewisii, Figwort family) [ click photo for next . . . ]

The generic name, Mimulus, comes from the Latin mimus which
means mimic. Especially in the sense of mimic actor. The idea,
evidently, is that the 'face' of these beautifully colored
flowers imitates the countenance of an, we suppose,
'happy' monkey! The specific name honors Meriwether Lewis.

See also the beaitiful>
Yellow Monkeyflower
(Mimulus guttatus)

Eagle Cap Wilderness.

MONEY?

Money is a species of movement which always seems
to be going in the wrong direction. Debt is its engine;
Interest, its seemingly inexhaustible fuel.



REAL PHILOSOPHY

The problems of academic philosophy are frequently
like so much stagnant water: muddy, opaque, going
nowhere. How different is real living philosophy,
placing itself squarely in the middle of the natural world,
walking the great ecotone of Nature and Culture,
surrounding itself with the sounds of wild, flowing water,
pursuing each new problem to its source, each step a
potential change of direction, each step a potential
new discovery.



FEMINISM'S FATAL FLAW

The feminist embrace of military service contradicts
the spirit of liberation just as stridently as would a
former slave who now herself holds slaves.

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