Sean Kriletich
Goals & Plans
Thriving entities strive towards their goals. Plans change along the way in order to stay directed towards the goal. In biology the plan...
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Sean Kriletich
Jun 182 min read
A Stillness between Breaths
With the approaching full moon, this 20th of June, we will arrive at the stillness of the sun. Each summer solstice, the sun ceases its...
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Sean Kriletich
Jun 43 min read
Water is Life - at any time of day
As the heat kicks on, its important to think about the life that cannot move away from it. Organisms with no respite from the midday sun...
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Sean Kriletich
May 282 min read
Spiny Cover Crop
The garden vista is a mass of deep green, studded with purple flowers that have only just begun to open their petals. A closer inspection...
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Sean Kriletich
Apr 205 min read
Stories of Planned and/or Inadvertent Weather
Infinite shades of green spring from every corner as the sun’s lightbulb illuminates the lush morning landscape. Vibrant orange poppies...
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Sean Kriletich
Mar 192 min read
Hoorah for Spring! -Vernal Equinox 2024-
On this leap year, the added February day has hastened the arrival of celestial events on our calendars. So instead of falling on the...
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Sean Kriletich
Sep 27, 20232 min read
The Battery of Life
As we ease into Autumn, I bow thankfully to this past summer of abundant water in the mountain streams of California. Water chuckling...
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Sean Kriletich
Sep 13, 20233 min read
Acorns are falling from the Majestic Oaks
It is wonderful to see the spectacular crop of acorns this year! When we realize these are edible nuts, we come to know the fact that we...
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Sean Kriletich
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Thankful for Livestock Guardians
The massive herds of elk deer and antelope that once grazed California are long gone. Without them the forests have become choked with...
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Sean Kriletich
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Hoorah for Moisture on the Vernal Equinox!
In the great Central Valley, a white carpet of almond petals coats the bare earth. In the foothills, the peach blossoms still cling to...
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Sean Kriletich
Mar 8, 20232 min read
Snow a Magical Ally of Life
Hushed, as if by magic, snow drifts lazily down from a low cloud ceiling. The infinitely varied flakes riding the light breeze remind me...
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Sean Kriletich
Mar 2, 20233 min read
Oaks, The Providers
Oh, the majestic and versatile oak trees! If we could hear their language, they might whisper this reminder: In spring we are the most...
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Sean Kriletich
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Sky Graffiti
February 13, 2023 If I drew a tic-tac-toe board with chalk on a large stone wall, I might get away with it the first day. But if I got...
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Sean Kriletich
Jan 13, 20232 min read
Calming the Pond - 13 January, 2023
One day many years ago, I was waiting in a line so long I was hoping others would give up so I could get ahead. Then I drew a deep breath...
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Sean Kriletich
Dec 6, 20227 min read
Travels Towards Peace and Consciousness
My adventure began on 9th of October, 2007. Rain gently watered the earth throughout the night, tailing off to a humid mist at dawn. In...
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Sean Kriletich
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Taking a Long-Term View of Life
Nearly two decades ago I began thinning out dense manzanita from beneath scrubby oaks to create a homestead. I kept many specimens of...
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Sean Kriletich
Nov 10, 20223 min read
Water is Alive
Water is more than just Life, it is Alive Water Shares so Many Properties of Life it Just Might be Alive The Myriad Anomalous Properties...
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Sean Kriletich
Oct 29, 20223 min read
Cathedral Peak
I had just dozed off in the passenger seat of the Park Service F-250 as it whined around the corners East of Crane Flat when the radio...
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Sean Kriletich
Sep 6, 20223 min read
Looking Skyward
A year ago this week, a legal notice in the local papers caused me to look skyward in search of answers to the exponentially increasing...
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Sean Kriletich
Aug 2, 20222 min read
Eradication?
In the darkness of this early autumn morning an email arrives from my beekeeper mate Tom in Australia with alarming news of honeybee...
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