Beautiful pictures of the disruptive volcano http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/icelands_disruptive_volcano.html

Better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right...

Appreciation and encouragement heal. Complaining and criticism destroy. Which role do you choose today - Healer or destroyer?

I hear the truth less and less in the words and sounds of man. I hear the truth loud and clear in the wind, bird songs and the rivers.

I hear the truth less and less in the words and sounds of man. I hear the truth loud and clear in the wind, bird songs and the rivers.

Tonight I had a great opportunity to video the birds and bird song at sunset here at Dexter Lake in Oregon http://bit.ly/b2Ag6b

What you remember of the past never was. What you think is to come in the future will never come. Now is all there is and ever will be.

As the old Rascal's song goes "It's a beautiful mornin', Ahhh, I think I'll go outside a while, And just smile."

This morning my crazy 6 toed cat Frankie stood up and said good morning, then touched me on the knee... http://bit.ly/cGNent

I just found out that my cat Frankie's YouTube video is being considered for a Whiska's Temptations TV commercial! http://bit.ly/aWfMt7

Ahhhh. Spring in central Oregon. Every year it seems better and better. Listening for the delightful sounds of freshly hatched birds everywhere

Wow. The Tulips were so beautiful on my walk to Dexter Lake this morning that I had to video them... http://bit.ly/a5rtph

“Dad, I found a fossil!” Matthew said after he tripped over a log... and a new 1.8 million year old hominid species was revealed at last! http://ping.fm/QEb6V

The sun is rising on this beautiful morning and so is my smile. Peace. Bills, News, Politics.. those are the last things on my mind.