1. None of my typical day is spent strapped down in a small metal container alternating between abject boredom and fear for my life. 2. At least some of my day is spent zooming on my bike with the wind in my hair noticing the sights, sounds and scents of the world around me. Or [...]
I recently read up on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (or Pacific Trash Vortex), the giant swirling island made entirely of plastic trash which floats in the northern Pacific ocean – with an estimated size of at least the area of Texas (and some say much larger). I had been aware of it before, but [...]
So today and tonight people all over the world are turning out their lights for an hour, starting at 8:30 PM local time, to show support for protecting the enviroment. I remember so well when it seemed that the only people interested in “ecology”, as we called it in 1970, were children and hippies. I [...]
Thursday, August 13th, 6:45 PM The State Employees Assoc. of NC is sponsoring a Health Care Town Hall tonight. Rep. David Price will be in attendance. Getting there early could be important. Because they expect a large crowd, the meeting has been changed to the B.N. Duke auditorium which is at the corner of Fayetteville [...]
This video is just too beautiful not to share: musicians in multiple places around the world playing together on a single song. playingforchange.com – From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, comes the first of many “songs around the world” being released independently. Featured is a cover of the Ben E. King [...]
I want to start by thanking all of the people who have told me that they enjoy this blog and keep returning to it. I’m enjoying it as much as you are. There’s so much I have on my heart to say about this place and what I’m experiencing here. As I ride my bike [...]
Playa del Carmen is just a stop for me on the way to my home-away-from-home, Tulum. I flew in Cancun yesterday, and got out of there as quick as I possibly could, taking a bus to “Playa”, about an hours’ ride down the coast. I’m eager to get to Tulum, but it’s a little further, [...]