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Baby Quail in the Garden!

Every single matilija poppy in the garden is in full bloom. Roses weigh down every limb. Bunnies dot the canyon with their tails. Now joined by four baby quail small enough to fit in the palm of my hand chomping away at the garden floor under supervision of two doting parents. This morning a colorless female hummingbird flew right up to my face, hovered and I swear made eye contact with me. As if in thanks for the glorious garden we share. Still a fertile spring garden until June's looming summer solstice. Like the abandoned one across the way where yesterday we spied a cavorting young buck with a magnificent rack of still fuzzy antlers. Spring has indeed sprung!

Diversity Works!

Don't miss this touching story recently in the NYTimes...

The Graduate

My godson Manolo Dox Millan graduated today magna cum laude from Babson College and is headed for Wall Street. We're all so proud of him!

Saturday Beach Walk at Point Dume

Vieques Nurtures Spirit

Nature nurtures spirit.  While in Vieques I devoured two books by Jim Harrison, The Raw and the Cooked and his memoir Off to the Side.  Gobbled up whole with every cell in my being his spending hours and hours in nature in order to prepare for and recover from being in the world and how it taxes the soul.  Vieques was the perfect place to read this message.  A tiny island of brave fishermen who faced down the U.S. Navy after 7 decades of NATO war games and reclaimed their right to paradise.  An unbelievable David and Goliath story.  What spirit nature nurtures on Vieques.  And in us all.

Wild Horses all over Vieques!

Morning View from Vieques

Old San Juan Preparing for Easter

Heron on the Sand

What a beach afternoon!  Everybody watching football.  Just me and the herons dancing on the sand

Empowerment Congress

Honorable Mark Ridley-Thomas introducing the Reverend Al Sharpton.