wet basement 897 gallons of water in the house Under normal conditions I can kayak underneath this boardwalk. The bald cypress is fenced off, its a favorite of local deer. Usually it is high and dry.
Riverview Park A dog will walk. No one complaining presently about the weather being hot and dry. This is a portion of the trail that circles Charlottesville.
Rivanna Renaissance “The degradation of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem took place more than two centuries; it will take more than three decades to reverse. The newly signed Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement—with its clear, well-defined and achievable goals and outcomes, its flexibility to respond and adapt to changing conditions and its public engagement—sets the course and provides the watershedwide commitment to get us there.”–Nicholas DiPasquale, Director of the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program (left, DiPasquale paddling the Rivanna, October 1) DiPasquale one of the speakers at today’s Rivanna Renaissance conference.
The Cloud of Unknowing The Cloud of Unknowing counsels a young student to seek God, not through knowledge and intellection (faculty of the human mind), but through intense contemplation, motivated by love, and stripped of all thought. This is brought about by putting all thoughts and desires under a “cloud of forgetting”, and thereby piercing God’s cloud of unknowing with a “dart of longing love” from the heart. This form of contemplation is not directed by the intellect, but involves spiritual union with God through the heart:–Wikipedia
Entrance Corridor A Green CityCharlottesville citizens live in a community with a vibrant urban forest, tree‐lined streets, and lush green neighborhoods. We have anextensive natural trail system, along with healthy rivers and streams. We have clean air and water, we emphasize recycling and reuse, and weminimize storm‐water runoff. Our homes and buildings are sustainably designed and energy efficient.