BALTIMORE GRAY

BALTIMORE photo by Phil! Gold

Former Raven's linebacker, and NFL star Ray Lewis has put his two cents into the Baltimore mix.  He will not be working the NFL draft this week as planned either, so he can stay in Baltimore.  "I felt that it was more important for me to stay . . . and try to help the city I love. . . . I greatly appreciate ESPN's understanding and flexibility at this late date," said Lewis.   news link

We can't solve all the problems of justice, politics, and a riot from one ex-NFL player's video (below) speech, but his plea is particularly passionate and warrants a listen.






                                     

Principle in the type:  "It is important to rise above rationalizations and make the best choices."   Quentin L. Cook

HEALTHY IS A PLACE

photo by Helga Weber

For over two years 17 year-old Wynne Lee struggled with depression, a complicated illness.  Suicidal thoughts haunted her, and there seemed to be no place to find relieve.  Last fall through a series of events and efforts, "Wynne's feeling were beginning to shift . . . "   Much better now, Wynne "knows that the depression, and the loneliness may return.  'I've accepted it as a part of who I am,' she said."  news link

Principle in the type:  "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."  World Health Organization

FINE TUNED

photo by Sam Howzit

Sunday a week ago marked the end of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, 2015.  Bands, food, dancing, fighting, and all that go with that sort of stuff makes for a complicated, crowded, and busy affair.  The Indio Police Department had to deal with "the funneling of thousands of fans in and out of the area."  But police spokesman Sgt. Dan Marshall attributed the smooth going in the second week of the festival to the fact that, "we readjust every day to fine-tune things."    news link

Principle in the type:  "Just because things are going well does not mean that we should not from time to time consider whether there might be something better."  Carlos A. Godoy

                                                                                           Comment!  You'll Like It!

THE PELICAN BRIEF

photo by Sequola Hughes

How best to follow up an Earth Day love fest but with a good news moment involving loving creatures of mother earth both the walking and the flocking kind?  Did you get all that?

Enjoy.  And Happy Weekend.






                                     

Principle in the type:  "Love should be our walk and our talk."  Dieter F. Uchtdorf    

HAPPY EARTH DAY! (YESTERDAY)

photo by Laura Pope

Hope all your celebrating was wonderful?!  Or, maybe all you did to commemorate was festively not look directly into the sun, and pickup your doggy's lawn 'deposit' during your neighborhood walk.  That's fine!  "For us everyday is Earth Day," said Chad Nelson, CEO of the Surfrider Foundation (news link).   In that way, I am totally on the same page.  As individuals it is best we truly appreciate what we have here, and treat it respectively!

Principle in the type:  ". . . Men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will . . . "         Scripture

CASTLELAND

photo by James Rintamaki

We could research into a thousand details regarding Britain's Highclere Castle, of which the present earl of Carnarvon owns and maintains.  It is old, and it is glorious.  You may know it best as the Downton Abbey location in the PBS hit.  A man's home is his castle (until the queen arrives lol lol lol).  But seriously folks, in Architectural Digest  "Lord Carnarvon sums up his feelings for Highclere Castle, with obvious affection, saying, 'it remains a joy to come back to.' "    story link

Principle in the type:  "Home, that marvelous place, was meant to be a haven called heaven . . . "  Thomas S. Monson

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FASTER, FASTER!

photo by Moto "Club4AG" Miwa

Scott Dixon won Sunday's Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix.  Congratulations to him!  A few days earlier reporter Eric Bradley got a test ride, strapped into the back of an IndyCar two-seater driven by Conor Daly.  Heart beats per minute bump way up, a driver may sweat off up to five pounds in a race, and the G-force is tremendous.  "You're sore all over by the end of the race," says Daly.    news link

Sore at the end of the race?   No kidding.  Sometimes this life feels like the most painful obstacle course!

Principles in the type:  "The story of men and women who achieve is generally the story of persons overcoming handicaps.  It appears that there are lessons that can be only learned through the overcoming of obstacles."    Franklin D. Richards