In 1306 Dante began writing the Commedia, which was to become the center of the western literary canon for a couple hundred years until around 1600 when Shakespere surrounded all.

Within ecology we also find that when systems, spontaneous or fabricated, grow and extend in complexity they almost always have a tendency to produce heterogeneity and to form subset or Islands.

This is a scene from my morning walk with the cows. Hints of Fall are everywhere in the pasture. The late blossoms of iron weed and native sunflowers are making all the bees and wasps go wild as they prepare for Winter.

It’s kind of fun to think about our farming/food supply chains and how everything is connected. Here’s an example