Photo of the Day

I snapped this photo of my housemate Tim yesterday afternoon as we walked to our neighborhood hardware store.

It's quite something when you think about it. I mean, how many people living in a major metro area get to walk through the woods to go shopping?

All I can say is that I feel very fortunate to live in a city like Minneapolis which has some really beautiful areas of urban wilderness – like the area in this picture, situated near my home along the Minnehaha Creek Parkway.

With today being Earth Day, it seems a good time to share this particular picture and the 'recommended links' below!


Recommended Off-site Links:
Seven Quick Ways to Save the World on Earth Day 2013 – Janey Street Thornton (Gay Star News, April 22, 2013).
Earth Day 2013: Land for Food Under Attack Worldwide – Sally Miller (Common Dreams, April 21, 2013).
Entering a Resource-Shock World – Michael T. Klare (TomDispatch.com via TruthDig.com, April 22, 2013).
How Monstanto Went from Selling Aspirin to Controlling Our Food Supply – Jill Richardson (AlterNet, April 18. 2013).
Tim DeChristopher Speaks Out After 21 Months in Prison for Disrupting Oil Bid – Democracy Now! (April 22, 2013).
Newly Released Tim DeChristopher Finds a Movement Transformed by His Courage – Melanie Jae Martin (Yes!, April 22, 2013).
What Would a Down-to-Earth Economy Look Like? – David Korten (Yes! January 17, 2013).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
Spring Snow
Thomas Berry (1914-2009)
"Something Sacred Dwells There"

Image: Michael J. Bayly.