How To Train Your Dragon - My Hands

"Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world” -Emma Goldman

Please help me in celebrating David Suzuki's 75th birthday

Dear David,

Ignorance is bliss (at least in the short run) and the truth about where we’re headed is -- to put it mildly - inconvenient. But while the world turns a blind eye, you rise up and speak out. In that calm, composed way of yours, you devote your life to lifting the veil of denial off the eyes of our self-consumed society. How you manage to hold on to the hope that people will come through and turn things around, I’ll never know. And it is the reason why in my eyes, you are one the greatest leaders of our era.

With great admiration,

Erica Leibner

In honour of David's birthday, my goal is to raise $1000 for the David Suzuki Foundation. Funds raised will support various work to protect the diversity of nature and our quality of life. One of these projects involves urging the cosmetics industry to list ingredients on products so people know what they are putting on their bodies and can avoid toxic chemicals. I firmly believe in this cause, and that there is no excuse for the cosmetics industry to be selling us products that are making us sick.

Ignite Imagination

Hi all,

Sorry I've neglected this blog for so long. I'm ready to get back in the saddle though, and intend to use this space for stuff that's too personal or in-depth for facebook or twitter.

Got a fantastic forward this morning from mummy dearest that I really love. It especially speaks to me at this moment in time, as I've decided I want to focus on pursuing my career in writing so that I can put my meandering mind and outlandish ideas to good use.

While her daughter is sound asleep, the mother of the little girl in these pictures creates an alternate universe from whatever she can find around her. Like this woman, I too like to have fun with fiction. So here's the story I came up with, as a result of being inspired by these photographs...

Once upon a time, a woman found the perfect way to incorporate her personal and professional life. Originally, she did this as a hobby, until it took off and become profitable (massively profitable, so that she and her daughter were able to move out of their stingy 1 bedroom apartment and to a beautiful bungalow by the beach, where they listen to Melody Gardot and eat expensive vegan marshmallows all day). In my mind (my presumptuous mind - you can blame it on "creativity"), thanks to her new found fame, she was able to quit her day job (she probably just did it to pay the bills) and now indulges in doing what she loves most. Her passion and outstanding propensity to create these beautifully poetic "scenes" has made her famous and given her the opportunity to "live to work," not "work to live."

Here is a link to her blog: http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/

I'm looking really forward to reading it when I get a chance!

Have a great day, all. And please "follow" by blog if you can. I know it needs a massive makeover and I promise that along with the content, I'll be improving the look and logistics of it.

xx

Me.