I saw that George Carlin passed away yesterday from heart failure. I loved his sense of play on words, ideology and social commentary. Even though I didn't always agree with him on certain issues, I always appreciated what he brought to the conversation. Here is one of my favorite (non-vulgar) rants from George:
June 23, 2008
June 21, 2008
What They'll Remember
I just got back from an exciting week at Camp Emmaus. I was a counselor for 3rd and 4th graders as well as helping to teach nature stuff to them. These kids couldn't get enough of me teaching them tracking, fox walking, wide-angle vision and much more pertaining to the natural world. At our closing circle, when the kids were asked about what they liked and will remember about camp; more than half the kids talked about tracking, fox walking etc...
I was blown away!
I didn't know if these kids would really get some of the things that I'd learned at Tracker School but they just ate it up! I was talking to one of the camp board members and mentioned the possibility of doing a wilderness camp next year, one for elementary kids and one for high school youth. She was instantly excited about those ideas and asked me to submit a summary for those camps at the next camp board meeting in July!
Some good things are happening here in Illinois and I saw this as an opportunity to test some of the things I would be teaching the girl scouts this coming week as well. Maybe this is part of what I'm supposed to be doing... helping others to be more connected to the earth and ultimately to the Creator.
This looks to be a very good summer, if the past two and a half weeks have been any indication. Trust me, you'll be hearing much more to come.
I was blown away!
I didn't know if these kids would really get some of the things that I'd learned at Tracker School but they just ate it up! I was talking to one of the camp board members and mentioned the possibility of doing a wilderness camp next year, one for elementary kids and one for high school youth. She was instantly excited about those ideas and asked me to submit a summary for those camps at the next camp board meeting in July!
Some good things are happening here in Illinois and I saw this as an opportunity to test some of the things I would be teaching the girl scouts this coming week as well. Maybe this is part of what I'm supposed to be doing... helping others to be more connected to the earth and ultimately to the Creator.
This looks to be a very good summer, if the past two and a half weeks have been any indication. Trust me, you'll be hearing much more to come.
June 16, 2008
Where the action is
I joined facebook today and will probably close out my personal myspace account since nothing really happens there. I will keep my myspace music page though. Seems to me I know more people who are on facebook and they are more active than myspace as well.
June 09, 2008
Severe Weather
This picture was taken by my wife about 7:30 last night as we drove back home from Indiana. It was some of the darkest clouds I've ever seen. We had some severe weather last night and into the morning here in NW Illinois and SW Wisconsin.