A tear came to my eye and then, like in a spring rain, tears rolled down the curves of my cheeks. Hearing “You are my Sunshine” on the radio while looking out to a beautiful sunny morning and enjoying my… Read more
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black and white
“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.” – Eliott Erwitt Black and white images, for me, are intriguing and timeless. They are less distracting and focus more on what really caught my attention to begin with. I’ve been going… Read more
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simply Heidi
Humourist Josh Billings hit the mark when he said, “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” Although Heidi does have her own Facebook page, I realized I haven’t been sharing many… Read more
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Toying With our environment
For today’s 50th anniversary of Earth Day, I’m including a reprint of a column I wrote back in 2011 that appeared in my weekly column, “Everyday Earth Wise.” This was originally published in my column for the April 8, 2011… Read more
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Sometimes the people learn
Lately I prefer Grimms’ fairy tales to the news headlines. Yet I definitely prefer the news headlines to the garbage being spread, fertilized, and growing on social media. The pandemic is revealing people’s true character. And in some cases, the… Read more
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rained gently last night
“Rained gently last night, just enough to wash the town clean, and then today a clean crisp fat spring day, the air redolent, the kind of green minty succulent air you’d bottle if you could and snort greedily on bleak,… Read more
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a balm for the times
Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest. Heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul. (unknown origin) No matter what is happening in the world, music is always there… Read more
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someplace to go . . . look for the rainbows
“A very sweet light is spreading over the Earth like a perfume. The moon is slowly dissolving and a boy-sun languidly stretches his translucent arms … Cool murmurings of pure waters that surrender themselves to the hillsides. A pair of… Read more