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12:59am
July 17, 2015
Banana Slugs Courting
Its about to get hot in here.
(Marin, California - 12/2014)
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9:04pm
December 1, 2014
The White Institution (written ~2002, events 1999)
I walked down the street
With my eyes on the building of white
I knew they were like me
Autistic and trained not to fight
They rocked behind bars and
I knew I belonged there not here
Not out on the streets
With the ones who had never known fear
My body moved forward
To ocean with sand and with stars
But my thoughts, they went back
To the white institution with bars
As slugs we might be
But the world it had fashioned a shell
Not home anymore
Not here, not on earth, but in hell
madeofpatterns this is my best attempt to recreate from memory the poem I wrote about that white institution with the tiny yards full of wrought-iron bars, and the beautiful gardens that nobody ever actually walked in, that I saw anyway. I can’t find my last post referencing this place or I’d link it. If I ever find the original version (probably in my computer that’s in the shop) I’ll post it if it differs significantly from this version.
2:51am
November 20, 2014
Slug Child
she was a slug-child
no shell protecting her from
cruelty or salt
she wss a slug-child
no shell protecting her from
kindness, beauty, love
slugs are tougher than they look
slugs are tougher than you think
[Part of my NaNoWriMo novel, but applies to me as well.]
9:24am
April 6, 2014
The habenero slug produces a hot ‘n spicy slime coating sufficient to deter most predators. Unfortunately, in recent years, the habenero slug has become highly prized as a spice, and are kept in small terrariums and ‘milked’ regularly. Since the slugs require highly specific mating conditions, (proper phase of the moon, great heat, and a suitable chili bog) they are nearly impossible to breed in captivity and are growing increasingly rare in the wild. - Ursula Vernon
7:00pm
December 20, 2013
7-27-13:
Banana slug
Redwood Regional Park. Oakland, CA
11:29pm
October 20, 2013
i made a friend in the rain yesterday
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7:20am
May 26, 2012
![[Painting of an orangw mushroom with upswept sides. It has a blue eye at the top of the stalk, looking upward. And a greenish slug peeking around part of the top.]
victoriousvocabulary:
FUNGUS
[noun]
a member of a large group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and moulds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, Fungi, which is separate from plants, animals, and bacteria.
People paint slugs and mushrooms! Yay!](http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m30gzgyonJ1r47bczo1_500.jpg)
[Painting of an orangw mushroom with upswept sides. It has a blue eye at the top of the stalk, looking upward. And a greenish slug peeking around part of the top.]
FUNGUS
[noun]
a member of a large group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and moulds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, Fungi, which is separate from plants, animals, and bacteria.
People paint slugs and mushrooms! Yay!
3:14pm
March 3, 2012
Banana slugs in courtship. You can actually see their tiny tongues licking each other. For some reason slug romances look so sweet.
12:48pm
January 2, 2012
Banana Slug Love
[Video shows a couple of banana slugs beginning to get to know each other in an intimate fashion.]
Still from La Honda. (I’m originally from a tiny settlement near it.)