Word of the day

Alluvion – the action of the sea or a river in adding to the area of land by deposition; a gradual increase of land on a shore or a river bank by the action of water from natural or artificial causes;  the gradual formation of new land, as by the recession of the sea or deposit of sediment on a riverbed; the slow accretion or erosion of soil, sand, and other parts of land; matter deposited as sediment; the wash of the sea or of a river; an overflow or flood.

Milne muses

"The path that takes us straight to its destination is a dull one indeed. It carries only the one message and when we have read it, we have read it. The winding road, however, is a continuous story. Each bend is a mystery and rounding it a discovery." ~C.R.Milne #SaturdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/PwQ1CxlJnN

— A.A.Milne (@A_AMilne) February 11, 2023

Beautifying the blogosphere

https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1620532649206112257

Maya muses

"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.”#MayaAngelou Celebrate #BHM by listening to Making Maya Angelou on the #MakingPodcast @WBEZ -The Angelou Johnson Family https://t.co/KgJ4ZX53Kd

— Maya Angelou (@DrMayaAngelou) February 12, 2023

Sunday soapbox

Sunday’s soapbox is yours to use as you will – within the bounds of decency and absence of defamation. You’re welcome to look back or forward, discuss issues of the moment, to pontificate, ponder or point us to something of interest, to educate, elucidate or entertain, amuse, bemuse or simply muse, but not abuse.

Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds – it’s the production of food and fiber from the world’s land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilisation and any stable economy. – Allan Savory