You are a warrior… Stay strong, rest up and we love you…
Michael
New England’s 2007/2008 winter was one most New Englanders would like to forget. Shoveling rooftops, driveways, and sidewalks over and over again, hearing about roofs caving in, and broken bones from falls was no picnic. Now winter 2008/2009 came with a bang in the form of an ice storm. Last week my sister and her [...]
Last night I watched a PBS documentary called ILLICIT (Illicit: “an illegitimate seizure of power” www.dictionary.com), and as I watched I became increasingly saddened. And I wondered: Why are so many people using all kinds of methods to fill their pockets with millions and millions, at times billions, of dollars at the expense of [...]
City people often want more of nature in their daily lives – trees, valleys, a sea, hills, a mountain, sand, a river, fields, stars (which are often hidden from view by bright city lights). This longing for nature seems natural. Some city people get away “to the country” whenever they can. Others can’t. There are [...]
Last November 2007 I bought a book at Robin’s Bookstore, the oldest independent bookstore in Philadelphia. Something coerced me into picking it up and perusing it. I had another book in hand, but found myself purchasing and walking out with THE WORLD IS AS YOU DREAM IT Teachings from the Amazon and Andes, by New [...]
My friend has a cough, a dry, unrelenting kind of cough. It’s the kind of cough that leaves her feeling okay at home, but the minute she steps outside it seems to yell for attention. I had it once for a long time years ago. I know this cough. Since then I’ve found (well, actually [...]
An amazing world opens to the one who reads the book SACRED PLACES How the Living Earth Seeks Our Friendship by James A. Swan. In SACRED PLACES we read about the deep connection and love the American Indians had and have for the earth, And read stories of the many ways nature has of [...]
From my window I’m watching people shovel. Some are happy shovelers. Other are not enjoying it at all. In fact, there’s an argument -someone’s not doing his share of removing snow from a car. An elderly woman looking like an experienced shoveler is out also; she’s no-nonsense-just get the job done. Reminds me of my [...]
The river changes all the time, and when you take the Metro Hudson train from Manhattan either at 125th Street or Grand Central, you’ll see it in all its splendor. Watch as you travel; it’s a perfect winter scene. If you have to walk through all the cars to get a seat by the river, [...]
Pauline called. She’s a very funny person. She’s also a great storyteller. Her humor seems endless. I don’t know why she’s a nurse and not a stand-up comedian. Although if there’s a nurse you’d want if you were a patient in a hospital, she’d be the one.
She called on a rainy, windy Saturday morning. “I [...]