Juneteenth: America’s Second Independence Day
As a member of the Grand Trees of Chatham (GTOC) Board of Directors, I am the creator of the annual Naturally Chatham photo calendar, a fund raiser for GTOC highlighting the natural beauty and diversity of Chatham County’s natural amenities. I just picked up the draft...
Lest We Forget
“We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. … Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.” ~ Maj. Gen. John A. Logan It was an...
Seeing the Forest for the Trees
“The death of the forest is the end of our life.” ~ Sister Dorothy Stang Today is national Arbor Day. So take a deep breath. Hold it, and take a moment to think about where that life-giving oxygen came from. Then as you exhale carbon dioxide, give thanks for the...
The Gospel of Love & Grace vs The Gospel of Hate & Fear
“I have decided to stick with love…hate is too great a burden to bear.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is rare that posts on this blog appear but a couple of days apart. However, a coincidence of two very different events that took place this week on...
Civil Obedience and the Bill of Obligations
“Nobody is born in this country with genes that somehow understand and internalize what a democracy is, why it’s valuable, what’s expected of them as a citizen; we’ve gotta teach them. But we’re not teaching it. We are failing to pass on the culture, the political...
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