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  • Cat Meets Armadillo

    An armadillo walks past a cat!

  • Do You Have A Big Sister?

      Do you have a big sister? Is she as nice as mine? My big sister writes me notes that tell me how much she loves me. Does your big sister do that? I want to be just like her, but I guess that I have to wait 'cause I can't write, can't read either,…

  • The Lighthouse Stairs

        Looking up or down? You… …today, looking up or down?   (That's the short version of today's post. Here is the long one.)   If you're feeling good today, happy and cheerful, be sure to share that somehow, because you never know how much a heartfelt smile might mean to someone, how just…

  • Enter the Garden

        What do you see when you enter a garden? What do you hear? Is there water falling nearby? A bird singing? Can you smell the lavender, or the damp earth? What do you see?   Life is exploding all around us. Can you feel it?  

  • Stoked!

        Back and forth he goes with endless energy! This boy is so stoked with his skimboard and the newly formed tidal pool, that he doesn't notice the drama unfolding over the ocean right beside him – the outer edges of Hurricane Irene, illuminated by the setting sun.   I think to show him,…

  • Fishing, Reading…

      On a warm January day off, sitting on the beach, enjoying the skimmers, pelicans and gulls, and a family fishing nearby.   In Vietnam each seaside village has a secret fish sauce recipe.   Reading Vietnamese-American, Andrew X Pham's Catfish and Mandala – a very brave piece of storytelling about  one man's search for…

  • Power!

        Power, pressure, heat, steam…all coming from the earth. A generous gift of energy, warmth and light to Icelanders.   Where does your power come from? Your real power?   Two books out of the library simultaneously… The Art of Power, by Thich Nhat Hanh and The Power of Art, by Simon Schama.  …

  • Seek honestly that which nourishes you.

        Does the Egret apologize to the fish? Is the fish feeling like a victim, getting angry and huffy? These two marvelous creatures are   living and dying on the same page. No apologies. No blame.   When we seek honestly that which nourishes us, we thrive.  

  • Blessings

      A woman in red looks out over the ocean. A rainbow is forming. In this month of rainbows, and double rainbows, it still feels like a blessing. Like the rain.       

  • Check Mate

        Beach erosion, day 2 of the pounding surf of Hurricane Irene, Anastasia Island State Park, St. Augustine, Florida. Beach re-nourishment. Beach erosion. Beach re-nourishment. Beach erosion. Beach re-nourishment. Beach erosion. Check. Check mate. It's not that Nature wins, It's that Nature is and is better at is than the Army Corps of Engineers.…