I think the whole idea of home is central to who we are as human beings.

Greed is a deprivation of abundance, a hoarding, a constriction of energy.

Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction.

When I write, I put one foot in front of the other. It's an act of faith. I just follow my heart.

Storytelling is the oldest form of education.

John Lilly suggests whales are a culture maintained by oral traditions. Stories. The experience of an individual whale is valuable to the survival of its community. I think of my family stories-Mother's in particular-how much I need them now, how much I will need them later. It has been said when an individual dies, whole worlds die with them. The same could be said of each passing whale.

That is the wonderful ecological mind that Gregory Bateson talks about - the patterns that connect, the stories that inform and inspire us and teach us what is possible