Thanksgiving week 2013

Autotrophic : of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis

Boreas Greek god of North Wind

Catechism :  an exposition of doctrine and introduction to the Sacraments

Dietary Changes to Make

Emerson: "The earth laughs in flowers."

"Flowing Flotsam of her old life." p.367 Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

“[Gratitude] turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ~Melody Beattie

Inventing Imaginative new words p. 363

Jiao - currency in China

Knowledge is a lovely thing 

Matavi Bay, Tahiti
"No apparent occupation other than to play ceaselessly..." p. 364


Orchidea Cattleya 1871
by Martin Johnson Heade

Play!

Rascally p. 363

"Tiny lords of liberty, they were, and mirthful ones at that." p. 365

Uuairo (a word that sounded exactly like their soft, bubbling cry) p. 363

Vouchsafe : give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner
"We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris (Boyce Avenue)

veXingly difficult p. 370

Zhuangzi ~ "To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders."