It is as easy to be great as to be small.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make no little plans;
they have no magic to stir men’s blood.
-Daniel Hudson Burnham
What do you think?
Strive for greatness, for change, little by little; or aim for the highest star?
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We Can Solve It: Repower America
Why, do you think, would ABC refuse to air a commercial supporting renewable energy?Do you think it’s on account of all the money they’re getting from oil companies to run their commercial? You know, the one with people walking across a clean, white background with photos of trees, flowers, and other “green” things, planting the misleading notion that offshore drilling is good for the environment?
Certainly, I hope that America is too smart to fall for that marketing ploy, but really, ABC, let’s be fair and even-handed, shall we? Let all sides speak?
Here’s the text from the We Campaign commercial:
The solution to our climate crisis seems simple.
Repower America with wind and solar.
End our dependence on foreign oil. A stronger economy.
So why are we still stuck with dirty and expensive energy?
Because big oil spends hundreds of millions of dollars to block clean energy.
Lobbyists, ads, even scandals.
All to increase their profits, while America suffers.
Breaking big oil’s lock on our government …
Now that’s change.
We’re the American people and we approve this message.Watch the ad here, and if you’d like to see it air during 20/20, leave a comment for ABC.
Also, while you’re on the site, take a moment to learn more about the We Campaign,
a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection — a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis — in part through repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years.
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Indian Summer
We find a delight
in the beauty and happiness of children
that makes the heart too big for the body.
-Ralph Waldo EmersonOh, how I love Indian Summer.
Just when I’d grudgingly given up, hauled out the sweaters, fleece robes, and heavy blankets in preparation for the cool weather ahead- the cold days ahead- Nature smiles upon me and warms everything back up.
74 degrees, golden sunshine, and best of all, the kids are in the middle of a four day weekend. We spent all day yesterday outside, “unplugged”,gathering leaves, running around, taking pictures, hunting up caterpillars, generally basking in the unexpected warmth.
The kids found a tire back in the woods and obviously, that meant that the Universe wants them to make a tire swing. I left them to it. I have no idea how they managed to wrap and secure the rope around the branch, but they did it, and they were very proud of themselves.
They took turns swinging for hours, taking a break long enough to pack up a snack and bring it outside to sustain them. When they finally came in, they were, oh my god, sooo filthy. But tired and happy.
This morning, the first thing they did was eat breakfast and race back outside. How wonderful is that?
And I bask, not only in the sunshine, but in their freedom and their reckless joy. I wish I could capture these days, bottle them, and live them over and over.
Thank you so much to everyone who left me birthday wishes, here on my blog and on their own blogs; who wrote on my wall on Facebook; to those who sent me e-cards, and those who called me on the telephone! Between that, and the fact that my family cooked dinner and cleaned up afterwards so that I could catch up on my reading, I had the best day and received everything I wanted.
Have a beautiful weekend!
