31 Days: Apocalypse, Now ~ Day 8 :: In Plain View

metalorbburiedfernKCCExtNLNH29Sept2018Welcome to day 8 of 31 Days of Apocalypse, Now, a month of posts about apocalypse, revelation, uncovering what’s been hidden. Each post will look at these ideas from its own vantage point, which may not obviously connect with the others, and which may only peripherally seem related. I won’t attempt to tie the posts together. They’ll all be listed here, as they are posted.

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The word cover has many meanings, as a transitive verb, an intransitive verb, and a noun, of which a few are to protect (CYA; or an insurance policy that protects the holder by covering specific dangers), to guard from attack (as when a cop covers another cop with weapon, or in sports, as when a shortstop covers 3rd base), to shelter (seek cover from the storm), and to conceal or hide (she coughed to cover her laugh).

Remember that apocalypse means “an uncovering.”

The trail system I walked this weekend is on land protected in perpetuity for the use of the public, and in fact guarded by covenant from the encroachment of development, and because of this it provides shelter for animals (bears, coyotes, fox, moose, deer, and smaller animals), plants, and fungi. In providing shelter, it also serves to hide its inhabitants, and in fact for nine years the trail system itself has been hidden from me, in plain view. Located only a few miles from my house, these are the last of the local trails that I’ve walked, even though I’ve been expressly invited to do so a few times. I knew they were there but I never looked.

That’s how apocalypse can be: The revealing, unveiling, or discovery of something that’s hidden only because we haven’t looked closely. Sometimes uncovering just needs pulling off the covers and looking at what’s been in front of us all the time.

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Here’s what I saw, when I looked:

twintreetrunksgreenbackgroundCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
conjoined twins
prostrateclubmossrockCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
cross of lycopdium
PholiotaLimonellaOrPAurivellaspeckledmushroomsCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
golden colony (Pholiota limonella or P. aurivella)
manypowerlinesrightofwaymeadowcorridorbestCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
infinite regression
redhobblebushleavesbrookCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
heartbeats accelerating (love, love, where can you be … )
whataretheserubbernoodlesCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
what the ?
singlewhiteAmanitaSectionPhalloideaeDestroyingAngelsOrDeathCapmushroomCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
destroying angel
stonebridgeacrossbrookCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
crossing to safety
newgreenfernsreindeerlichenCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
fern forest in snow (aka reindeer lichen)
redRussulamushroompartridgeberryCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
maybe why I dreamed about Christmas last night (aka Russula sp. fungus and partridge berries)
quartzrockCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
healer (quartz)
darkwoodslightbeyondCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
the light beyond
undersidegillsstempurplecappedmushroomCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
there is a crack in everything (that’s how the light gets in)
trianglebouldersentranceCookTrailPleasantLakeTrailNLNH6Oct2018
aperture

 

 

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