Natural Enquirer N e w s l e t t e r f o r S p r i n g Va l l e y S u p p o r t e r s a n d Vo l u n t e e r s
vol.9 no.2 • March-Apr. 2018
In this issue...
This issue of the Natural Enquirer required a bit of interpretive insight in order to find a common thread and I found it this morning as I watched the Super Blue Blood Moon. I didn’t get up early to see it and it wasn’t on my radar; but when I saw it, I was simply amazed. No, it wasn’t as spectacular as the solar eclipse we all witnessed last summer, but it was still breath taking. And there was something special about seeing it in the early morning deep blue sky that invited silence. And, no, that isn’t the theme I see in this issue; it’s light ― whether the light seen through and captured by the lens of a smart phone; the light reflected and captured on the page of a seed catalog; or the light expressed in fire and spread by the firehawks of Australia, we stand in simple wonder at the glory of light. I found a quote many years ago that captures the moment perfectly: When I first became a photographer, I was only aware of the sun over my shoulder and the flash on my camera. Then I got older and began to notice the shadows that touched all of us. Now I realize that every object in this world reflects and absorbs light. We are created by light, shaped by light, and we burn our image into the hearts of others. - Mark Lee
Inside Take Time for Photos...........................................2
Volunteer News Contents
Snail Mail Encounters of the Third Kind............3
Volunteer Information..........................................8
What’s Happenin’.............................................. 4-6
Volunteer Calendar......................................... 9-10
Australia’s Winged Fire Spreaders.....................7 Spring Valley General Information....................11
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