A Gentle Reminder

"A hundred years after we are gone and forgotten,

those who have never heard of us will be living with what we have done." 

Oliver Wendell-Holmes

If You Want to Celebrate America...

...listen to the voice of the Earth.

Words Not Required

There should be a beautiful poem or inspirational caption to this 

photo taken as the sun rose over Netarts Bay on Sunday. 

However, Mother Nature was doing the talking 

and I have nothing to add.

Early Bird Gets the Moon

The Harvest Moon was my gift from Mother Nature for getting up at sunrise this morning.  Grabbing my camera and running out into the dew covered grass, I captured the moment just before it dropped into a marine layer of clouds over the Pacific Ocean.

It is now my gift to each of you.

Standing at the Edge of the Sea

To stand at the edge of the sea,

to sense the ebb and flow of the tides...

is to have knowledge of things that are...eternal.

--Rachel Carson

Thanks for Keeping House

On this National Day of Service, I want to thank everyone who spent their valuable time today cleaning up our beaches.  It is so important to the wildlife, ocean, and ourselves to take care of our "home."

A special note of thanks to the coastal residents who, not only today, but everyday walk the sand picking up litter and disposing of it properly.  I am reminded of a sign I once saw at an elementary school...

Take care of yourself.

Take care of each other.

Take care of this place.

Beginnings

But we have only begun

To love the Earth.

We have only begun

To imagine the fullness of life.

How could we tire of hope?

--so much is in bud...

We have only begun to know

The power that is in us if we would join

Our solitudes in the communion of struggle.

So much is unfolding that must

Complete its gesture,

So much is in bud.

--Denise Levertov