There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters. Alice Thomas Ellis

“Uncle John’s Band” has been covered by Jimmy Buffet & others, but the best version is by the Grateful Dead – here they are in 1980:

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.’ Sam Levenson

Most people get their oil changed, their tires inflated, their brakes checked…but how many of you have your airbags checked? Here’s why….

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. Thomas Merton

Have you ever know anyone who appeared in a Super Bowl commercial? Have you ever known a goose who did? Last Friday, Colleen from San Juan Safaris told me that her (and Bill’s) pet goose Pate died at the age of 20 (not sure what that is, in goose years.) She sent a short list  Continue Reading

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t. Pete Seeger

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. Cree Indian Proverb

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares, that infest the day, shall fold their tents, and silently steal away.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

One of my favorite photographers on the island showed off his photos from his trip to Antarctica at the Whale Museum last month. The crowd that night for Bob Stavers included folks that got turned away for lack of room – it was packed. In the spirit of showing them & you what you missed,  Continue Reading

Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure. John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day

Much has been posted in various blogospheres about our Canadian brothers & sisters & wives, but it is my sense that people aren’t trying very hard to really understand them, like I am. To that end, I will attempt to share what I learn. Let me know if it helps. Let’s start here:

If the destruction of the natural world isn’t making us happy, then why are we doing it? Derrick Jensen

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. Mohandas Gandhi

Ever since I saw the end of Slumdog Millionaire, I’ve been wishing we could have everybody dance next to the ferry landing (since we don’t have a train station to dance in.) Great way to end a movie, or start things up on an island. In Antwerp, they have no such problem – check it  Continue Reading

Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. Why, Nature is but another name for health. Henry David Thoreau