Singing to Stones
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France, French
What I Know About Ebola—Part IV
"I have two hands: one for me, one for other people."
— Millie Bobby Brown, actress and UNICEF Goodwill
Eating Chicken in the Villages
"I think dogs . . . are the role model for being alive."
— Gilda Radner, actress/comedian
At every mid-day meal,
What I Know About Ebola — Part III
"Viruses have to live somewhere."
— David Quammen, science writer
For a moment, it will look beautiful, a piece
Well, One Life . . .
"It's like the spiders are sharing an ancient secret with me."
— Cheryl Hayashi, spider biologist
Most
What I Know About Ebola—Part II
"Fruit bats found throughout Africa are thought to be natural hosts for the Ebola virus. How would they infect
Let Them Be Safe
"The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will
Arriving in Liberia
"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of
Hummingbird Feet & A Village Girl Near Binkolo
"We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work."
— Kevin Kelly, former editor/publisher
The Luxury of Looking
"The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free."
— Maya Angelou, poet &
What I Know About Ebola — Part I
"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."
— Desmond Tutu, human rights
The Sound of Light
"Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart."
— Pablo Casals, Spanish-Puerto Rican cellist,
New Year's Day, Alone on Big Lagoon
“everything here
seems to need us”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Paddling in fog this morning, I think, is this what Pablo
Splintered Hearts: The Women of Rural Ecuador—Visit Field Notes
“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.” — Sydney Smith, writer
One Birthday, Remembering Another
“I just can’t comprehend
Whether it is the end of the day, the end of the world,
Or the
New Year’s Eve: What I Found in My Notebook
“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions.” — Thich
Waiting for the New Era
“The end is where we start from.” — T. S. Eliot
If on phone, turning it sideways (landscape) best displays poetic
Another Thanksgiving Day…Thank You
“I thank you God for this most
amazing day, for the leaping greenly
spirits of trees, and for the blue
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