The Circle of Life

I’m sitting on my front porch steps and it is a beautiful morning.  The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and there is a slight cool breeze blowing upon me. 

I remember sitting on these same steps 13 years ago when we first moved here.  I would hand write letters to my father and share with him my joy at living here and how I was shifting gears and creating a new life for myself.  A life that would allow me to live more in the moment and live closer to nature.  That seems so long ago. 

As I sit here this morning and I look around my yard, I see that it has been transformed greatly from 13 years ago. 

Elder Berry Flowers

We have raised beds that I grow herbs, flowers and few garden vegetables in.  I have planted trees, blue berry bushes, rose bushes, wild lady slippers and flowers.  

We have chickens up on the hill beside the house that provide us with eggs and meat.  The chickens not only entertain us and our grandchildren, but they teach us some lessons about natural laws, that most of us are disconnected from these days. 

Last weekend my grandson got one of his first lessons in one of these natural laws.  What we call the,  “The Circle of Life”.

Danny and I were standing on our porch talking last weekend, when I looked over at the bottom of our porch steps and I saw our cat, Joe (named after the man we got him from) had caught something and it looked fairly large. 

I pointed it out to Danny and he walked down the steps to Joe and leaned over to take a closer look at what Joe had.  It was a rabbit.  Not a full grown rabbit and not a baby.  I would say it was a teenage rabbit, for a lack of a better term. 

Danny noticed that it was still alive, so he took it away from Joe.  Joe was not happy about his prize being taken from him.  After all, this was his catch.   

Danny handed the rabbit to me and I noticed it didn’t seemed hurt any where, but its heart was racing as fast as a locomotive train. 

I said to Danny,

“lets go down and show it to our grandson”. 

 

Danny smiled. 

I handed the rabbit to Danny and grabbed my car keys.  We jumped into my car and drove down our road a 1/2 mile to where our kids live.

When our grandson (who is 4 1/2 years old) came out to see us, his face lite up with a big smile when he saw the rabbit in Danny’s hands.  When he next looked up at us you could the wonder twinkling brightly in his eyes. 

It brought a great big smiles to our faces. 

We let our grandson pet the rabbit and we talked about how we came upon the rabbit and the kinds of things that rabbits like to eat and things they like to do. 

Then Danny said to our grandson

“we need to go over to that field and let the rabbit go free, do you want to come with me?” 

Our grandson nodded an agreement that was full of enthusiasm. 

Danny and our grandson freed the rabbit and when they came back, I detected something slightly different in our grandson.  I sensed peace or joy or satisfaction, or maybe all of those emotions in him, I’m not sure. 

Our grandson wanted to come home with us and take a short hike.  It is something the three of us regularly do, when the weather is nice. 

When we got to our house and headed down the road on our hike, I looked over and saw our cat, Joe in the neighbors fields in a crouched position.  His hunting posture.

I mentioned this to Danny and my grandson, and our grandson wanted to go over and see if there was a rabbit’s nest near where Joe was crouched.

When we got within 10 feet of Joe, he suddenly pounced and came up with another teenage rabbit in his mouth. 

He didn’t hang around.  Before we could even think about about what we were seeing, Joe took off like a streak of lightening and headed for our house.  He was determined to keep his prize this time. 

Our grandson wanted to go back home and save the rabbit.  I gently explained to him, that by the time we return back to our house, that Joe may have killed the rabbit. 

Our grandson expressed some sorrow about this.  We explained to him that everything has to eat.  That one of the things that Joe eats, is rabbits. 

We explained to him that we (humans) kill to eat.  We kill cows, chickens and plants so that we can live.  It is what we call

“The Circle of Life”. 

 

He looked up at me and said “I know what else we kill”.  I asked what that was.  He said “Gorillas”. 

I was so surprise by that comment.  He does watch a lot of nature shows. 

I said “yes, we do Gorillas, but not for food.  This kind of killing isn’t a good thing to do.  Life is sacred, and should not be wasted”. 

He thought about for it a moment and said “yeah”. 

When we returned home, Joe was hiding under Danny’s camper with his rabbit.  Joe had killed the rabbit this time and he had already eaten part of the rabbit. 

Our grandson got down on his hands and knees with Danny to look closely at the rabbit and to get a glimpse of  “The Circle of Life”. 

He thought it was gross, but he seem to understand “The Circle of Life” and he wasn’t afraid. 

Enjoy!

 

A Dream?

I had an interesting dream this weekend.  It started off by going for a hike to gather up some of my favorite plants for the first time – Pink Lady Slipper or Quail Shoes.  They are a native orchid, but the Quail Shoes have become very rare in our mountains, that when you run upon them in the mountains, you are lucky to find one and if you find two, it is considered a lot. 

I haven’t seen any Quail Shoes in years, but I recently run upon about 50 of them on the side of a mountain.  It took my breathe away.  I couldn’t hardly believe what I was seeing.  I was filled with just joy at the sight of the mountain side covered with these pink delicate beauties. 

When I was growing up, my father use to take me hiking.  He would point out plants and teach me about their personalities, as he called.  He would teach me about the nature of the plants and their medical properties.  I loved these hikes with my father, I not only got to spend time with him, but it instilled a life long love of plants and hiking. 

When I found the pink Quail Shoes, one of grandchildren was with me.  I hope that I can impart a small part of my enthusiasm and love of the plant nation 0n him. 

I took two baskets with me, a couple of plastic bags, a digging trowel and some tobacco.  It was a quiet and peaceful walk up the holler to the mountain where the pink Quail Shoes are growing.

On my way up to the holler I saw lots of plants – Rhododendron, white & purple violets, little mountain Iris’s, lots of Indian Cucumbers, lots of delicate wild Geraniums, Rattlesnake Plantain, Ferns (I saw my first cinnamon fern with its tall slender fronds of cinnamon color), and a dancing lady (a box turtle – if you look close at the designs on the box turtle’s shell, they resemble dancing ladies). 

Springs has shown up this year with such vitality and abundance.  Gives one great hope the future. 

When I reached the pink Quail Shoes, I selected two.  Even though there were lots of them, I’m still mindful of how rare these plants are and I want to be sure when I relocate them they survive.  It is my wish to help preserve them for generations to come, so I won’t be using these Quail Shoes for medicine.  It is my hope that they will flourish so they can be shared one day with my family and friends. 

I carefully removed these two beauties from the side of mountain and placed them in one of the baskets.  I also collected some soil and leaf material and placed it in my plastic bags and placed the bags in my second basket. 

I whispered a prayer of thanks and left a gift of tobacco, like I was taught by father, so many years ago.  We should always give back a gift to show our gratitude and to maintain balance in life.  If we only take from life and don’t give back anything, this creates a state of imbalance and that can cause stress, sickness, abuse, bad karma, etc..

I packed up and hiked back down the mountain and the holler.  When I reached home, I hiked up a small mountain and planted the pink Quail Shoes and gave them deep drink of spring water. 

I whispered another prayer of gratitude and asked that these plants may thrive in their new home.   Then I left a gift of tobacco. 

When I got home I felt such a sense of well being.  I do love spring, plants and hiking, but transplanting these rare beauties in hopes that they will flourish and hopefully be around for generations to come, just felt right.  I  felt in that moment like my world was in balance. 

Was this really a dream or was I really experiencing this?  Will the dream continue or just fade away  – smile.    

Enjoy your day!

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Note:  In recent years I have had the good fortune of discovering an old author by the name of Herbert Durand.  I have several of his books, but one that I recently pulled off my bookshelf is titled:  My Wildflower Garden.  I love this book.  I love the way he writes in this book and his approach to educating people about creating wildflower gardens with preservation in the forefront.  This book was originally published in 1929. 

Anyone who loves wild plants and gardens, I think will find this book still informative and relevant today.  His writing style is a true delight!  

 

The Mirror

I was looking for some paper to write a list of things down on that I needed at the store.  I was getting ready to head into town and I didn’t want to forget anything, since it had just started to snow on our mountain and the snow was coming down hard.  I figured I may need to dig in for a little while when I returned home.

I picked up a notebook and I started thumbing through it. I noticed that there was something written out in my hand and it was long, like a letter or something.  I started reading it and realized it was one of my own writings.  After reading it, I decided to publish it here.  I hope you enjoy it!

The Mirror

I was sitting on my front porch listening to her share her dreams and thoughts about a new life that she and her younger husband want to create for themselves.  I heard joy and hope in her voice and as I looked upon her face I saw that it was full of wonder.   I could see that she thought unlimited possibilities lay at her feet and all about her. 

As beautiful as this was to see, it was like a mirror for me.  Mirroring back to me a time when I first came to Paint Creek.  I’m sure I must have looked the same way and I may have had some of the same dreams and thoughts. 

I remembered how wonderful that time felt and how things just seem to flow so easily.  I didn’t know then how hard things would get at times living on the mountain and the new life we were trying to create for ourselves.  I was naïve and newly in love, just as I imagine my new neighbor was.

There was a brief moment when I had the desire to tell her about all the things I didn’t know, that made my transition from my old life to this new life much harder.  I stopped myself and just sat there and listened to her share her hearts desires.  When she would take a pause, I would encourage her to continue on by smiling kindly. 

I understood in that moment that we all have our own path to walk in this great life and it is the walking of the path that leads us to growing in our own experiences, our own wisdoms and our own understandings of the world and ourselves.  Why would I want to prevent this from unfolding for her and interfere with her life journeys walk. 

By Kay LittleJohn

 

This was written several years ago.  Sadly the couple in this story have chosen to go their separate ways, but I loved this story and the wonderful memory from that beautiful and sunny day sitting my front porch.

Enjoy!

 

Living in Motion

It is Sunday morning and It has been a while since I have written a blog post. I have been feeling a pull to write again. My work just bought me a new MACBook Pro laptop to do my work on and to help me better support my MAC website admins. I have never worked on a MAC laptop or desktop, so I thought I would start with something I enjoy doing – blogging.

I use Windows Live Writer (WLW) on my Windows laptop and I love it, but it doesn’t run on a MAC. So, I did what a lot of people do, I started searching the internet for blogging software for MACs. One software tool kept coming up in Google searches and on reviews of different MAC software tools. It was MarsEdit. I’m using it right now as I write this. So far I am not crazy about it. Very different interface, but that is to be expected. This software isn’t free, like WLW. It seems the MAC world is an expensive one.

I recently purchased a camper to help reduced my long commute. It does help reduce my long commute, but I feel I’m a woman living in motion. I guess we are all living in motion, just different degrees of motion. My motions seems more steady these days, instead of a roller coaster. Thank goodness.

I’m alone all week at the camper. Which is a new experience. I like it for the most part, but I do miss living someone all week. I had to learn how to live in a camper – turning the water on off, dealing with emptying the toilet, remembering to turn off the gas water heater when I’m done using hot water, keeping the camper vented well when I’m cooking with my propane gas stove, etc…

I didn’t foresee needing a roof and deck for my camper. My camper is parked in an RV Park and my fellow campers are long term campers (we rent our parking spots on a yearly bases), which makes me feel safer and more like I’m part of a community. My camper is parked on a hill with a beautiful view of the Douglass lake, but the camper is out in the open and in full sun. This year just happens to be a record breaking year for heat. Smile.

I am trying to work out getting a metal roof over my camper that extends 10 feet or so out from one side of my camper, so that I can have a simple deck built under the metal roof and along one side of my camper. This will help to keep my camper cooler and protect my camper. It will also give me extra room and I will be able to sit outside some and enjoy the view of the lake more and maybe do some blogging (hopefully the later is a good thing).

I travel back home to our little mountain home (which seems much bigger these days after camper living) on the weekends. As grateful as I am to have the camper and to have it parked on the lake, I’m always so glad to be back home in my beloved mountains. The mountains are so green and lush. They are much cooler. The birds sing so sweetly and long man’s song (the creek that runs out front of my house) is so soothing and reassuring. I miss seeing my family and neighbors all week, so it is always good to see them on the weekends and catch up on all the local news.   

I got up on Saturday morning feeling so energized. I went for a short jog and a walk. Part of my walk takes me on my neighbors land. It has been one of my favorite places to walk for many years now. I”m blessed to have such good neighbors. They not on insist that it is ok that I walk on their land, but they have gone out of their way to make it more inviting for me. There is a path on their land that borders one side of our property line and it goes down a hill and through a pine stand. The husband keeps this weed-eated for me, and I’m sure for them as well. They recently placed a bench on top of the hill that faces one of my favorite views around here – Buzzards Roost. When they told me what they had done this and that they did it for me, I was so touched and speechless.

Saturday morning when I took my jog and walk, I sat on the bench and drank in the gorgous view of Buzzard Roost and the wonderful smells drifting on the wind. It is the smell of life. Of green plants and trees. This is life full of beauty and abundance. I whispered a prayer of thanks and finished with my daily prayer, and then I headed back home.

When I got home I decided to check out my little raised beds that I love so much. Everything is so happy and really taller than usual this year. I love to cook with foods right from my raised beds, from my yard, and near by woods. As I was looking around, I got inspired to cook myself a tasty breakfast. I cut some fennel, picked a couple of tomatoes (my first of the year), cut some young tender broccoli, and I cut some Day Lilly flowers and buds. Next, I headed to the kitchen.

I asked Danny if he wanted some eggs with some extra added ingredients. He declined. He likes his eggs well cooked and simple. So, I sautéd onions and broccoli in the iron skillet. Then I added the scrabbled eggs. Once cooked, I plated the scrabbled eggs and topped them with fresh fennel (chopped) and Day Lilly buds (also chopped). I warmed up a tortilla and placed it next to my scrabbled eggs. To finish off my plate, I placed a fully bloomed Day Lilly on the plate. Danny said that my breakfast looked like something, my sister, Chef Beth would create. What a complement.

The breakfast was delicious. I enjoyed every bite, even the fully bloomed Day Lilly. The Day Lilly had a lightly sweet favor. It reminded me of the honey suckle flowers we use to eat as children. I love flowers and I love eating them. There is just something that feels delightful about ingesting such beauty. If we are what we eat, then maybe eating foods that are beautiful will help us feel more beautiful and what to create more beauty in the world. I think beauty promotes good will, less destructive behavior, inspires music and art, but most importantly – creates fertile ground for LOVE to bloom.

Danny just rolled out of bed and looked at me typing on the couch and said “that smells good”. It is Sunday morning and I just took a meatloaf I made out of the oven. The house is filled with the aroma of the meatloaf. I used deer meat and chorizo for the meats. I also added chopped onions, chopped hot peppers, chopped turnip greens, 1 can of cream of chicken soup, eggs, garlic, salt, and saltine cracker crumbs. We sampled the meatloaf and we were both pleased. This was my first deer meat and chorizo meatloaf. This will go into the recipe box.   

In conclusion, I would like to say that MarsEdit seems to work fine, but not great. I’m not crazy about how it handles images, but perhaps I’m missing something. It doesn’t seem to have an option for additional image formatting like I have become accustom to in Windows Live Writer. I can easily add all sorts of borders to my images and text wrapping options when using WLW.

I haven’t tested adding embedded video or links, which are other common tasks I do a lot when blogging. It doesn’t seem to have an option for viewing the HTML code, which I use and find very helpful at times. I think I will look for another software blogging tool for my MACBook Pro.

I love my MACBook Pro also, but being such a Windows user I’m constantly hunting for my backspace key, my home and end key, and where is the insert key – smile. I wondering if they exist on a MAC. I clearly have lots to learn. I plan on looking into some MAC training this week to spend up my learning.

Today is a pretty day. I’m off to enjoy the day!

Enjoy!

 

Random Act Kindness Day – 2011

Yesterday morning I found that I was grouchier than a Bear that has just emerged from winter hibernation, and is powerfully hunger.  At first,I wasn’t sure why I was so out of sorts, and then I realize that the next day (today – September 4th) was a day I have chosen to do Random Act Kindnesses (RAK’s), as a way of honoring my youngest son life.  I lost him 5 years ago.  I wrote this blog  that explains the idea behind the RAK’s.  To read this post, click here.

I decided I needed to be kinder to myself and do some things to help me move through these feelings.  I went back to my roots.  When I was a teenager, and I was bothered by something, there were two things that I would do, that always seem to help me.  I would either go for a walk/hike in these mountains, or sit by the creek and listen to water. 

I chose the later yesterday morning.  I went down and sat next to the creek for a good long while and just allowed my thoughts to flow freely.  After a while I sang a song that always brings me comfort, and I said a prayer. 

I could feel that a lot of my grouchiness had slipped away, and decided I would head back to the house.  As soon as I got there, Danny asked me if I wanted to go to Hotsprings (he knows I love the little town of Hotsprings, NC).  I asked him why he was going and he said that our other son (Jeremiah) had called and he needed help with cutting out a tree stump on a steep hill. 

I was relieved at the thought of this distraction today and it would be nice spending time with my eldest son.  I grabbed my cameras and my writing notebooks and we headed over to Hotsprings.  What a beautiful day it was.  The sun was shining, people were out and about everywhere in Hotsprings.  It was a day that felt like one I remembered from my childhood.  A lazy day of summer, where families and friends were milling around the streets of a small town and you could feel their contentment, their unspoken happiness.  It felt good. 

I hung out by the creek, while Danny and Jeremiah  worked hard on trying to cut out the tree stump.  When they were getting close to being done, I wondered up to where they were on the hill and I video taped the last big chunk being cut off.  Here is the Video clip:

Danny and Jeremiah

 

After they were done, we went and had lunch at the Smokey Mountain Dinner.  Great little dinner in Hotsprings.  One of our favorite places to eat.  Great food and good service.  Be sure and stopped by for a bit if you find yourself in Hotsprings.  You’ll love it. 

Danny and I went back home.  The house was pretty hot and I figured I would run into town and pick up groceries, since it was the hottest part of the day.  I needed things for the picnic I had planned for today.  I wanted to have a nice day at one of our swimming holes today.  Where we could relax, eat, swimming and enjoy ourselves. 

I headed towards town and I got only a few miles down the road, when a bird walked, yes I said “walked”, right out in front of my car.  I tried to miss it, but I couldn’t.  Sadly I hit and killed the bird.  At first, I started to feel my mood to shift.  I was already struggling with loss and now I just hit and killed this bird.  But despite what happened, I thought I would turn around and pick up the bird, and take it back to Danny and we would at least eat the bird, so that it would not go to waste.   

When I turned around and got back to the bird I had hit, I pulled off the side of the road and I put on my emergency blinkers.  I jumped out of the car and I ran over and grabbed up the bird by its feet. 

When I got back to the side of the road, I looked at the bird closer and I realized that I had hit a grouse.  I was so surprised.  Grouse are hard to see in the wild around here, let alone have one literally walk on the road right out in front of your car.  I have never heard of this happening to anyone else.  It was so strange standing there holding that Grouse and coming to this realization.  Then all of a suddenly a strange woman’s voice said behind me “are you ok” and I turned around and a woman and her two young children had pulled up in a blue SVU beside me, and I hadn’t even noticed.  I was so caught up in that moment. 

I showed her the bird and explained what had happened.  She told me that some guy she knew had just told her that the same thing had just happened to him, but she had not believed him (I wouldn’t have either, before yesterday), but now that I was telling her the same thing, she believes him now.

She said that she had some friends on the North Carolina side of the state line I live on, that eat road kill and she was on her way to visit them, and she would take the bird to them eat if it was ok with me.  I thought for a brief moment, and then I said sure. 

She grabbed a plastic bag out her car and we bagged it up and she jumped back in her car and headed towards NC. 

I have been hearing about these folks who live in NC and eat road kill, so I was not surprise when she mentioned this.  I have not met these folks yet, but we live in a community where neighbors know one an other and they talk to one another and the talk gets around. 

One my way into town, I realized that this was one of my first RAK’s – not killing the bird, but gifting it to complete strangers with no expectations of anything in return.  A simple Random Act of Kindness.  That brought a smile to my lips and fond memories of son. 

Today is the day of Random Act of Kindness I have chosen (even though I perform them through out the year).  We have a picnic planned for lower Paint Creek.  I’m not sure what this day holds for us, but I would encourage everyone  to find a way to do a Random Act Kindness today.  No matter how small or simple it may be.  The RAK will ripple like a wave through life.  Even though we may not see all the places the wave may ripple out to, you can feel good in the knowledge that it is kindness that is being rippled out through your community, the greater community, and hopefully the planet.  That thought is enough to bring a big smile to my face. 

Enjoy!

 

Shifting Gears

I was working at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville as a SharePoint Specialist (creating web site templates, web sites, and custom forms) for the past year.  I really enjoyed working there as a consultant.  The project I was working on came to completion this past Thursday, so I’m laid off at present.  It is a welcome break, but hopefully it is a short lived break.  I actually enjoy the work I do, but of course I need to work like most folks.

I have spent yesterday shifting gears some.  I haven’t been able to take many photos, do any writing, visiting with folks, or bike riding.  When I got up yesterday morning I decided that it was going to be a day of simple pleasures for myself.  With Danny being away at a show in Cherokee, NC, I had the day to myself.   I felt grateful for this gift and I didn’t want to waste it, so I set in doing what I felt like doing.

I started off by going to water and then taking some photos of flowers around the creek and my yard.  There were Daylilies in bloom, Roses, White Cone flower, and Rhododendron.  A profusion of beauty where ever I looked.   I created a new header image for this blog from those photos.  I hope you enjoy the new image.

I had breakfast, a shower, cleaned the kitchen, did some laundry and it was suddenly 11:00 am.  I know you must be thinking, why would you do cleaning on a day of simple pleasures.  I’m not fan of house work, I assure you.  Just ask my mother.  But for the past year I have had little time to do house work and the house has gotten a bit out of control.  So it gave me pleasure to start getting things in order again.  It will take more time, but it felt good to start the process.

I headed into Marshall, NC for a good cup of coffee.  A latté.   I took my laptop with me and thought I would apply for my unemployment while drinking my latte.  I was feeling the need to get out of the house and be around people, even if I wasn’t talking with them.  I just felt the need to be around other heart fires.

It turned out that the Latte was really good, but the internet just wasn’t working well.  My connection kept dropping, so I decided to head back home.  It was such a beautiful day and drive.  I just took my time driving home and I drank in the beautiful views, the warm sunshine, and the great tunes playing on my IPod.  I felt such joy in this simple pleasure.

When I got back home, I decided that I would go to a movie.  I love going to the movies.  I had no idea what was playing, so I fired up my laptop and checked out what was playing at our local movie theater in Greeneville, TN.

I found a new movie with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts and it was called Larry Crowne.  I really enjoyed this movie.   The movie for the most part was  light hearted and funny.

On my way back home, I ran into my son.  I stopped and talked with him a minute and I played a few old tunes for him from my IPod.  They were tunes from his childhood.  One was “Joy to the World” by 3 Dog Night and the other was “Swingin” by John Anderson.

“Joy to the World” starts with the phrase “Jeremiah was a bullfrog”.  My son’s name is Jeremiah and when he was little, he loved this song.

After talking with my son, I head home and settled in on the couch for relaxation.  I soon got sleepy, so I turned in to bed.  I slept like a baby.  It was wonderful.

I hope you get the opportunity to shift gears and have your own day of simple pleasures.

Enjoy!

 

Celebrate Earth Day

Today is April 22.  A day chosen to celebrate the earth worldwide – Earth Day.  Earth Day was founded in 1970, as a way to promote love and respect for the planet and help to bring awareness to environmental issues that we humans are creating. 

Wow, I didn’t realize that Earth Day was founded in 1970, until I did some research recently.  I think today is a good day to reflect on our environmental progress as a nation and as individuals. 

I know I do many things different in my life today, than I did in the 70’s, 80’s, and even the 90’s.  I’m certainly living more green.  I try to reduce the amount of waste I generate, reuse what I can, recycle, I don’t use chemicals on our property, I have quit using most of the harshes chemicals in my house for cleaning, I use my own bags at the grocery store – most of the time these days, and we have our own chickens for eggs and meat. 

I’m glad my habits have changed in ways that are better for the planet and the next generations that follow me – us.  But I’m still not doing enough, but I’m doing the best I can for now. 

I don’t want to get on a soap box.  I just want to bring some awareness to Earth Day, and invite you to think about Earth Day and invite you to participate in Earth Day.  There are lots of enjoyable things you can do for Earth Day.  Even it is as simple as taking a walk with family and/or friends today and appreciating the beauty and splendor of life.  This would we a great beginning and enjoyable way to spend the day. 

In fact, there is a whole movement (Picnic for the Planet) out there that is promoting Picnics on Earth Day.  People are having small to very large picnics everywhere.  What a great idea.  To learn more about this movement, check out Picnic for the Planet. 

Another interesting group out there is The Earth Day Network.  They are promoting A Billion Acts of Green.  Awesome!  There is lots of information on their web site.  I just found this link this morning, and it looks really interesting.  They have a link to a group called the “Women and the Green Economy” (WAGE™), which looks interesting, but I don’t know much about it. 

The Earth Day Network has lots of links to various projects and groups.  If you are interested in learning more about the Earth Day and living more Green, I think you may find something on this web that will interest you. 

There is even an Earth Day flag.  The first Earth Day flag was made from recycled items.  Here is a picture of the Earth Day flag:

I like that this flag promotes the awareness and well being of the Earth, since the Earth is our home and vital to all life here.  It is a universal symbol for all of us. 

The Earth Day Flay represents something that we all have in common and we all have an invested interested in – Our Planet, and it doesn’t matter who we, where we come from, what religion we follow, how rich or how poor we are, we can all come together on this issue of ensuring the health of this planet for ourselves and all the generations to come.  We can think of the Earth Day Flag as The Flag of the People. 

If you chose to do something today or this weekend in recognition of Earth Day, consider posting what you chose to do.  It is amazing the creative ways that people  come up with to celebrate Earth Day. 

Enjoy!

Related Links

• Picnic for the Planet
• A little Earth Day History
• The Earth Day Network
• About the Earth Day Flag
• Purchase your Earth Day Flag
• Back To Earth Products – Soaps, Creams, Lip Balms