Topic: Random Thoughts

Saturday opening for Women of Texture & One Man with Flowers

Written on July 10, 2009 at 6:36 am, by

Barbara & Matt have a nice show opening tomorrow night (6-8pm) at Gallery San Juan (just up from the ferry landing in the Churchill Building, across from Market Chef)…it looks like it’s gonna be fun: Show opening: Women of Texture & One Man with Flowers July 11 Show opening 6-8 pm Experience the texture and  Continue Reading

Saturday opening for Women of Texture & One Man with Flowers

Written on July 10, 2009 at 6:36 am, by

Barbara & Matt have a nice show opening tomorrow night (6-8pm) at Gallery San Juan (just up from the ferry landing in the Churchill Building, across from Market Chef)…it looks like it’s gonna be fun: Show opening: Women of Texture & One Man with Flowers July 11 Show opening 6-8 pm Experience the texture and  Continue Reading

Cell phones & cars…

Written on July 10, 2009 at 5:17 am, by

I thought it was a good idea when the state passed that law saying you can’t talk on the phone while you’re driving. The other day I was on the mainland coming up I-5 when I noticed the car in front of me had a decided weave to it…since it was going kinda slow, I  Continue Reading

Cell phones & cars…

Written on July 10, 2009 at 5:17 am, by

I thought it was a good idea when the state passed that law saying you can’t talk on the phone while you’re driving. The other day I was on the mainland coming up I-5 when I noticed the car in front of me had a decided weave to it…since it was going kinda slow, I  Continue Reading

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Written on July 9, 2009 at 6:23 am, by

For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports. Sandra Postel

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Written on July 8, 2009 at 2:46 pm, by

Science is wonderful. You can get such a wholesale return of conjecture from such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain

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Written on July 8, 2009 at 6:54 am, by

We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Frederick Keonig

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Written on July 6, 2009 at 3:02 pm, by

To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from. Terry Tempest Williams

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Written on July 6, 2009 at 6:42 am, by

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place. Margaret Mead

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Written on July 3, 2009 at 9:02 am, by

If we use resources productively and take to heart the lessons learned from coping with the energy crisis, we face a future confronted only, as Pogo, once said, by insurmountable opportunities. The many crises facing us should be seen, then, not as threats, but as chances to remake the future so it serves all beings.  Continue Reading

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Written on July 1, 2009 at 2:42 pm, by

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. Ansel Adams

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Written on June 30, 2009 at 11:41 pm, by

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both. Al Franken

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Written on June 30, 2009 at 7:06 am, by

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not. Dr. Seuss, from The Lorax

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Written on June 28, 2009 at 8:20 pm, by

Superstition is less painful than gazing at complexity with the naked mind. Kim Goldberg 

A song for the morning….

Written on June 28, 2009 at 6:04 pm, by

Gotta wake each day with a song (don’t you?!?) – here’s the one I had running around my head this weekend, so I looked it up to share with you. Seems so many folks I run into this year are spooked & scared by the stuff going on around them & in the world…and at  Continue Reading

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Written on June 25, 2009 at 11:38 pm, by

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years. Bertrand Russell