Happy Earth Day! Thank goodness for the achievements of Senator Gaylor Nelson who started advocating the idea of Earth Day back in 1962. He is the official founder of Earth Day. I am at the coast and have a very busy day ahead of me. We have a group of [...]
My friend, Barbara Wollner, from Healdsburg, California sent me this beautiful picture and inspirational poem by Mary Oliver today. Enjoy! Thank you, Barbara, for letting me share this on my blog! Morning Poem ~ Mary Oliver ~ ❖ Every morning the world is created. Under the orange sticks [...]
We came back from Ocean Shores late last night, so today I went on a three hour hike on the trails of Squak Mountain. The Bullitt Family gifted 590 acres to the public in 1972 as a permanent wilderness preserve. Today, state and county acquisitions have helped this state park [...]
Enjoy Rick's beautiful images shot through a kaleidoscope: The word kaleidoscope was coined in 1817 by Sir David Brewster. The word comes from the Greek kalos "beautiful" plus eidos "shape" plus scope "to observe". Brewster put the words together to come up with "observer of beautiful forms". [...]
My 82 year old father-in-law, once-upon-a-time owner of an accordion, player of bagpipes, lover of big romantic Russian symphonic melodies, including Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Tchaikovsky, announced, in front of several people, that he actually NOW likes the Beatles! It's 2011, but never mind! Hey, it's cool. Some things [...]