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Every Friday night through July 19, the Ernie Miller Nature Center will introduce visitors to various members of the animal kingdom. This week you'll meet snakes, the kind native to Kansas, and learn to separate the fact from the fiction about these slithery serpents.

Members of Abundant Life Baptist Church in Lee's Summit will face off against the Kansas City Atheist Coalition. The tournament begins at 2 p.m. Saturday at the church, 414 Persels Road in Lee's Summit. It is open to the public and costs $5 to get in. All proceeds will go to the Drumm Farm Center for Children.

Ok, so we get bombarded with blogspam. In the process we lose a lot of great content to mindless checklists on how to wipe our bums. What I wonder, what is the intellectual foundation of simple living? Did it come out of a philosophical movement? Is it a recent trend or something that has roots in an older movement?

A few years ago when I did a year-long photo self-portrait project along with a group of other Flickr.com members, one type of self-portrait photo nearly all of us took was a levitation photo. It was a type of optical illusion that could only be accomplished using the tripod, Adobe Photoshop, and lots of patience.

If you are tied to your desk or lack the natural draw to be outside, give nature a chance to brighten your day. She can help you relax as you experience her wonderfulness through the eyes and ears of others. Nature will stun you with her beauty! And who knows, you might be tempted to go outside and meet her in person after all.