Category: The Great Connect

  • Haem an’ hearth.

    You must be wondering who I am or which era I belong to. Well I am the collective memory. When anyone thinks of an English country home and hearth and joy I am the picture that they create. Many families have lived in my hearth, few have made them home. If you thought home was…

  • flow of the water

    Supreme god is like water Which nourishes all things without trying to  it flows to low places loathed by all men therefore is like the Tao. Live in accordance with the nature of things In dwelling, be close to the land In meditation go deep in the heart In dealing with others be gentle and…

  • word power

    The stories that my grandmother told me I understand, today was the collective experience and learning of my tribe, my community. The story-teller was the keeper of our history and knowledge, they gave us legends to inspire, and they gave us, fools to learn from. They showed us the path to achieve our potential. Whether…

  • Spiritual Journal

    Autobiography, the story of a person’s life as or written by the person. Yes I know the Gandhi one got on our nerves too, and Nehru’s does not ring true. Daphne du mauriers is right when she says autobiography is self-indulgent. On the other hand every artistic creation is a biography, an interpretation through our…

  • Truth

    The truth What is the truth? To hell with truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has bearing on anything. It’s irrelevant and immaterial as the lawyers say. The life of a pipe dream is what gives life to the world misbegotten madslot  of us drunk or sober—Eugene O’Neill says in the…

  • Did I celebrate earth day?

    There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationist themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren’t at the same time raising young people to be better stewards.  – Dr. Jane Goodall Primatologist, ethologists and anthropologist  April 22nd is the earth day. The day observes the need to…