Thursday, January 29, 2009 - Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM
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Faith, Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM, January 22, 2009
Hard times in the desert
This little corner of the Chihuahuan Desert seems to be extraordinarily dry. Too dry for cactus at least. A large percentage of the cactus here are either dead or seriously wilted. Something has changed - many of these are very big plants.
Night camp
Site 11 - Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM
- Verizon cell phone service - good signal
- Verizon EVDO service - good signal
- Go to Leasburg Dam State Park website
- Locate Leasburg Dam State Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
From Knowledge to Wisdom
Wisdom is a product of a process. This process begins with information, proceeds through knowledge, and through what a less gifted poet, Edgar Guest, called "a heap of living," ends in wisdom.
... Wisdom, when it comes, usually arrives late in life. I've known some people who were wise in their early thirties and others who died old without a clue. Most philosophers were of the mind that a person should be at least forty years of age to have enough learning experiences. Now it seems that it is much too young. The step from knowledge to wisdom is the longest one in a person's life.