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Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, dragonflies and all the other critters that fly are the focus of the National Wildlife Federation’s Wildlife Week celebrations today. As I stated in yesterday’s post, I have long had a love of birds that I think started in a Golden Book of Birds that I treasured as a child. I […]
From Monday, Mar 14 through Friday Mar 19 the National Wildlife Foundation is celebrating National Wildlife Week. The theme this year is “The Wildlife That Moves Us”. What is that for you? For me it’s birds. I remember, as a child, having a copy of The Little Giant Golden Book of Birds […] “We—human beings—are part of ‘biodiversity.’ We are dependent on the whole food chain down below us.” ~ Darrell Merrell, heirloom vegetable farmer “But what is happieness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.” Albert Einstein.
One of the things I like […]
Night Sky from FreePhotos.com by Exsodus Among my fondest childhood memories were the family drives to the desert near our home in Phoenix, Arizona. The time was the mid 1960s. We would drive to the desert, stopping along the way for A&W root beer floats. Once in the desert, near […] We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. ~Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac We are monumentally distracted by a pervasive technological culture that […]
Image by Nuttakit from Freephoto.com It seems to me that we Americans put a high premium on fancy vacations as a way to unwind from the stresses of the world. It also seems to me that we put so many expectations onto those vacations that they often fail to live […] February 2nd is always World Wetlands Day. It was Wednesday of last week. Wetlands hold a special place in my heart. My first introduction to a wetland came when I was in 5th grade. I had just moved, that fall, from Arizona to a small town north of Boston. In the spring my 5th grade […]
Image Mark Aert from FreePhoto.com Okay, so language may not be the only tool to build connection but I think it is one of the most powerful ones. In his book, To Have or To Be, psychiatrist Erich Fromm puts forth the premise that language colors our whole perception of […]
Image by Arvind Balaraman from FreePhoto.com We are a purpose driven society. This is a good thing. It has led to improved medicine, communications, better health, more comfort to more people, and, I think, improved well being. Being purpose driven is what leads us to give to others even when […]
Image by: Simon Howden; FreePhoto.com Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are, of course, in the midst of winter (you southern hemisphere folk will have to wait till July). What winter looks like varies greatly from latitude to latitude. What winter usually does usually have as a common […] |