Change Is Not Loss!

Change Is Not Loss!

An Ever-Changing Aurora Heraclitus said “There is nothing permanent except change.” Our lives and the world we live in change all the time. The doctor we trusted retires, our hairdresser moves on, our children grow up and leave home, or our best friend dies suddenly....
We Are So Blessed – and Yet!

We Are So Blessed – and Yet!

Why Blessed? Blessed, if one is religious, can be something sacred. It can also be something wonderful that one has been granted. To me our planet Earth is a blessing, a joy, a thing of beauty and full of wonder. Most people, whether they are religious or not, will...
Do Our Politicians Serve Us Well on the Climate?

Do Our Politicians Serve Us Well on the Climate?

A Hurricane Damaged House ( Climate Change Makes Hurricanes Stronger) Can we trust our politicians to have our best interests at heart? In an act of exceptional stupidity, the leader of the opposition in the British Parliament has said that the Conservatives would...
We Need to Talk About Our Oceans!

We Need to Talk About Our Oceans!

“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.” John Masefield. Masefield’s poem “Sea Fever” reminds us of the beauty of the oceans and how their wild and tempestuous nature calls...
Thriving in Community

Thriving in Community

If humanity is to thrive for the next thousand years then a major change is needed in our lifestyles. I want my descendants to flourish. I want them to hug trees in the forests and swim in the seas and lochs. I hope they will enjoy ancient cathedrals and...
Love Song to the Earth

Love Song to the Earth

The Beauty of our Planet “The miracle is not to fly in the air or to walk on water, but to walk on the earth.” – (Chinese proverb) The world we live in is a miracle. I think our problem is that we have forgotten that. We don’t love it enough. Nor do we remember to be...