Noctiluca

Noctiluca

Once upon a time, long, long, ago, there was a Celtic band called Noctiluca.  Now, you might say, Noctiluca is not a Celtic name.  No, it is not.  Unfortunately, no one in the band spoke Gaelic.  Noctiluca was the best they could come up with.  One of the band members was an oceanographer, and Noctiluca, meaning “night lights” in Latin, is the name of a genus of microscopic phytoplankton that produce bioluminescence at night.  Go figure, eh?

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Hard Work and Great Beauty

Hard Work and Great Beauty

After three years of drought, the rains of spring have brought an incredible intensity of life to our homestead… plants flourishing in variegated shades of green, flowers blossoming in profusion, and the bushes bending heavy with fruit.  As we work hard to harvest the crop and complete projects before the coming of winter, it is wonderful to stop for a little while and enjoy the great beauty of Nature around us.  

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