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Gleanings From Living Long
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Imagine that over 100 years of air pollution from cars and trucks never happened. That the arduous task of extracting oil from the earth was abandoned. When Henry Ford was building cars, he experimented with bio-fuels, namely Hemp, the versatile plant that matured in a single season and grew in every state in…
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HELP! What if, when chemical companies came up with the idea to spray food crops with the deadly compounds that were developed in wartime, someone very important had said, "This is a really bad idea." OR What if, 20 or 30 years later, when a bright caring poet/scientist saw the…
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When you bought groceries in the '50's and early 60's, they were packed in sturdy paper bags. These bags were then used as trash bags that, when full, were taken outside to metal trash cans. (I can still hear the sound of the metal cans on trash day!) Milk and soda came in…
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"…a soulful ecology is rooted in the feeling that this world is our home and that our responsibility to it comes not from obligation or logic, but from true affection. …As long as the heart is involved, care of the place will follow." Thomas Moore, Care of The Soul …
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"If kindness takes a little longer, it's worth the extra time." Eleanor McEvoy When we develop kindness towards ourselves, we can change the atmosphere of our days and lives; the atmosphere of our homes and work environments, and our relationships. Kindness, first for ourselves. All love and peace radiate from our…
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Whenever I see a line of pelicans coming along the beach, over the waves, their wingtips just grazing the water, I get a little bit jealous of how simple their life appears to be. It seems that the creatures of this world are better at meeting their daily needs than the oh…
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From the book of poems, BLUE HORSES by Mary Oliver …Bless the words with which I try to say what I see, think, or feel. With gratitude for the grace of the earth. The expected and the exception, both. For all the hours I have been given to be in this world. …
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The American Experiment has never lived up to its promise of self-government and Liberty and Justice for All. From the start it was non-inclusive, predatory and rigged in favor of the "ruling class", the so called "people". But this doesn't mean that a course correction wouldn't change things for the better. America,…
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A serene scene for anxious times… Mother Nature hasn't given up on us yet. St. Augustine Beach, 9.11.19 ©Laine Quinn What we can do to support the climate strike on Friday, the 20th of September- Don't buy anything on line that has to be delivered to your home,…
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The seed factory in a Sago Palm brings to mind part of a quote from Kahlil Gibran, …life's longing for itself. Isn't that how this gorgeous planet evolved, one seedling at a time? © 2019 Laine Quinn Sago Drama!
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