Amazing Nature (David Attenborough)

Listen to the most amazing imitating lyre bird of Australia. Links to other fascinating natural phenomenon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

Native American Images (Library of Congress)

Follow the link at the bottom (or click on the title) to the complete collection (more than 700 images) of Edward S. Curtis's photographs of the Native American. These images have for me a special significance since they embody in many ways a different relationship with the natural world, a fundamental connection that we seem to have lost in the modern world. Perhaps these images can help to rekindle some respect for living closer to nature. Click on volume than gallery view when the list of plates comes up. You can move from group to group as you navigate the collection. You can enlarge if you want and save images to your own files as I have done for this blog. I like to listen to the chants while looking at the images.

For 2 powerful native chants follow the links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17JyYno8eP4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbQnxls4ZB8&feature=related

For a related site about Native Americans follow the link:

http://www.franksrealm.com/sivu-indians.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html

The Thoreau Reader

The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?"

Follow the link for a collection of writings by the trascendendalist philosopher and other related links.

http://thoreau.eserver.org/