tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231564.post1271691083024184915..comments2024-03-02T06:44:49.136-10:00Comments on Far Outliers: Wordcatcher Tales: KipukaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231564.post-40623812920742830572009-06-13T04:05:52.838-10:002009-06-13T04:05:52.838-10:00This discussion of "kipuka" is very help...This discussion of "kipuka" is very helpful in my own investigation into how islands of native plants survive in cities, where development rolls across the indigenous life like fiery lava, destroying everything in its path--except the "kipuka" places that are saved by some quirk of neglect.<br /><br />The next step in this consideration may be the survival of the deepest human qualities in our psyches in the face of fierce cultural change--the power to dream in a technical age.<br /><br />Kim Stafford in OregonKim Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070269396210215145noreply@blogger.com