by suzukiwebmaster | Jan 29, 2019 | Green Perspective, Personal Reflections
by Heather Swan Nearly every summer’s day, I visit honeybees. Some days, I sit and watch them floating in and out the hive. Other days, I pry off the hive cover to see them building their gorgeous wax home, packing the pollen and nectar they have gathered into the...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jan 22, 2019 | Book Reviews, Our Changing World, Personal Reflections
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari. Penguin Random House. 372pp Oxford-educated lecturer in history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yuval Noah Harari established his credentials with two bestsellers. Sapiens was a reflection of mankind’s...
by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 17, 2018 | Advocacy, Developing Resilience, Green Perspective, Our Changing World, Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
by Stan Hirst The following is a lightly edited reprint of a post which first appeared on this site in July 2012 (pre-Harvey, pre-Irma, pre-California fires, pre-Trump, pre-COP 21, pre-COP 24). In the Blogmaster’s humble opinion it deserves a rerun....
by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 12, 2018 | Personal Reflections
Peggy Louise Olive died on December 10th in Victoria, B.C., after being diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer. Born in Montreal in 1948, Peggy became a radiation biologist after fretting during her teen years about the Cold War and what she saw as inevitable...
by suzukiwebmaster | Oct 21, 2018 | Advocacy, Intergenerational Story Project, Personal Reflections
by Patricia Grinsteed *********************** Trees I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, and lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree who...
by suzukiwebmaster | Oct 4, 2018 | Developing Resilience, Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
By Lillian Ireland Some of the deepest and most meaningful times of healing my soul have been sitting on the well-worn rocks in the middle of the Chehalis River. I was often “called” there when grief overtook me and I needed a quiet place to just be. Yet,...
