BIRTHDAYS JUNE 12

                                JUNE 12—-BIRTHDAYS          ANNE FRANK  WRITER 1929—1945 “The Diary of Anne Frank”           DESPITE EVERYTHING, I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOOD AT HEART.            I DON’T THINK … Read more

BIRTHDAYS JUNE 11

                 JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU 1910–1997 WATER AND AIR, THE TWO ESSENTIAL FLUIDS WHICH ALL LIFE DEPENDS, HAVE BECOME GLOBAL GARBAGE CANS. FARMING AS WE DO IT IS HUNTING, AND IN THE SEA WE ACT LIKE BARBARIANS. MANKIND HAS PROBABLY DONE MORE DAMAGE TO THE EARTH IN THE 20TH … Read more

JFK HOORAY

From Michael Moore: (excerpts) AN INCREDIBLE AND HISTORIC MOMENT TOOK PLACE 60 YEARS AGO ON JUNE 10, 1963.           PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ASKED TO GIVE A COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.  HAPPENING JUST FIVE MONTHS BEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION, HE BRAVELY CALLED FOR AN END TO WAR, … Read more

Birthdays June 10

                       BIRTHDAYS TODAY JUNE 10 E.O.WILSON  scientist  1929–  “The Ants” “Biophilla” “Half-Earth” IF ALL MANKIND WERE TO DISAPPEAR, THE WORLD WOULD REGENERATE BACK TO THE RICH STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM THAT EXISTED TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO. IF INSECTS WERE TO VANISH, THE ENVIRONMENT WOULD COLLAPSE INTO … Read more

June by James Russell Lowell

             And what is so rare as a day in June!                           Then, if ever, come perfect days;              Then, if ever, come perfect days;                    And over it softly her warm ear lays;              Whether we look, or whether we listen,                   WE hear life murmur, or see it glisten;                    Every clod feels a stir of might.              An instinct within … Read more

Miracles by Walt Whitman

WHY, who makes much of a miracle?         AS to me I know nothing else but miracles,          Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, OR dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, OR wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water,            OR stand under the trees … Read more

The best medicine: laughter

“As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason anyone should be exempt.” – Moliere “You can’t study comedy; it’s within you. It’s a personality. My humor is an attitude.” – Don Rickles “The only honest form is laughter, comedy. You can’t fake it… try to fake three … Read more