I had never heard this incredible part of the 9/11 story. Narrated by Tom Hanks, it illustrates how true it is that humans are at their best when things are at their worst.
Archives for 2012
Pelicans in Flight
At the beach in Panama there are thousands of Pelicans. They love to ride the thermal currents up the building for an added lift and are fascinating to watch!
Tarmac Meditations #84: Almost Independence Day 2012
Sometimes I rewrite the past, make it up, turn things around, maybe what happened to me really happened to somebody else or the other way around. I used to think of it as lying, then later as imagination leading to writing. These days I sometimes think I do it to make things easier, at least […]
Heaven and Earth
A moment of sky and water held in the palm of Atacama Dry lake in Chile. On the horizon is the sleeping Licancabur volcano.
Minute to Freedom #45: People Pleasing
Today let’s talk about people pleasing. Have you ever found yourself doing things you didn’t want to do, just so others would like you?
Dreams Die Hard Out Here
It used to be alive each spring and summer … this morning all heard was the wind in the uncut grass and the faded sound of my own long ago dreams.
Advertising
Guest Author Mary Piggott shares her thoughts on advertising and reflecting on the movie Ways of Seeing which was shown on the BBC.
Elakala Waterfalls – Time Standing Still
This beautiful picture of Elakala Waterfalls made me think of ‘living in the moment’, or perhaps, ‘time standing still’ … is there a difference I wonder?
Dogs and Dogma In The 21st Century – A Rant
Having arrived in 2012, an era projected in science fiction movies decades ago, I find myself both amazed and shocked by turns at what has actually come to pass. In an era where managing my diabetes no longer means an early death and the Internet puts with worlds knowledge at my fingertips, people still believe that aggressive behaviour in dogs is breed specific and that electronic shock collars are a good idea to manage a dog’s behaviour.
Minute to Freedom #44: Courage
When I started dealing with the effects of growing up in an alcoholic family, I was so bound up in the fear and terror of what I had lived through as a child, that those emotions were all I could see for a long time.
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