incremental anchor

Eyes&ears, and a place you stand on. Go easy on imported nightengales, if you don't know what the wood thrush sounds like. Be down to earth. Be earthy. Be at home where you are. Make the things in your rooms sacred by paying them attention, space, and quiet. Be silent more often before the loom of the world. Be nicer to rattlesnakes and trout lilies. And know what things are called.

-- Jonathan Williams, "Colonel Colporteur's Winsome-Salami Snake Oil (JW to His Students)", from The Magpie's Bagpipe