Anyone who has read, listened to, or watched the news in the past five years—at least via a source that acknowledges climate change is real—has heard more or less the following statement: No particular hurricane or other extreme weather event can be precisely ascribed to climate change as its cause; however, climate change does increase the likelihood of such events. Hurricane Isabel from the International Space Station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Isabel_fro

Nature can bring you to stillness. That is its gift to you. --Eckhart Tolle I am just back from Zion National Park in Southwest, UT. My three and a half days in the park came as a celebration of the 50th birthdays of five college buddies and myself. In addition to a wonderful opportunity to commune with those good friends, the trip offered a much-needed opportunity to commune with the natural world in a place where Mother Nature has performed, and continues to perform, some o