We went to see the new movie ‘Avatar’ this weekend. We both loved it! The story is nothing new – an ‘advanced’ society plans to plunder the natural resource wealth of a ‘savage’ society; the ‘savages’ don’t take the onslaught lying down and a great battle ensues. We didn’t expect a new story (how many [...]

My latest kick-in-the-pants motivator is this 75-year-old grandmother who recently won a contest in Spain for her salsa dancing!! She certainly changes MY perception of what is possible at age 75!! Good for her!!! To READ ABOUT HER CLICK HERE.

Following the video in yesterday’s post that uses time-lapse methods to show the shrinking glaciers around the world, today former Vice President Al Gore, an expert in climate change, taped an interview on CNN’s “American Morning” show, in which he answers questions and discusses the urgent climate issues facing all of us. To me it’s [...]

Please watch this video. It is not inflammatory, and it doesn’t preach. This gentleman simply shows that, although climate changes have happened on Earth for hundred of thousands of years in an identifiable, repeating pattern, that pattern has shown a tremendous increase during our lifetime. Regardless of what is causing this increased melting, the effect [...]

We have been using the same artificial Christmas tree for quite a few years, and we have been fairly happy with it. Not happy about the chore of putting all the lights on it and then having to remove them after Christmas. No, not happy. So…..we decided to see about buying a new artificial tree [...]