balance

One of the things I need to constantly work at is finding balance; simplifying in a world of increasing complexity. That's true of habitat restoration, and it's true of life in general.

This morning is a good reminder. It's alternating heavy rain and sunshine. Days like this are interesting, and they are, in this part of the country, part of the landscape level process. The rivers will be running high for the next few days, and hillsides will slump and open up places for new successional gaps.

In an effort to move away from complexity and closer to simplicity and minimalism, I'm leaving in about an hour for the mountains of Mendocino County. I won't be there long, without a cell phone signal or internet access; just long enough to live the weather, to reset the mind.