Greetings, all of you who love our marvelous and endangered planet!
After a very long ‘silence,’ I have decided to revive THE EARTH CONNECTION. The last time I posted here was February 2015. That was when I told readers I was suspending my postings in order to devote myself fully to a run for the Virginia state senate.
I didn’t win. Nonetheless, I feel very good about the run I made. I became a candidate because of my passion about climate change and my desire to find a much bigger platform to sound the alarm in defense of our Mother Earth. The campaign gave me a marvelous opportunity to do just that. I made the most of it. And thanks to messaging help from my husband Andy Schmookler, my message got out there widely and boldly.
Even though the election was last November, it has taken me this long to be ready to put significant energy into a solitary, creative space like THE EARTH CONNECTION. Instead, I have been continuing to work, as a board member, with two organizations dedicated, in different ways, to protecting the planet–the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Friends of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.
And now I want to resume publishing THE EARTH CONNECTION.
I plan to post at least once a month. I hope you will continue to follow my blog. And please spread the word if you like what you see here. Remember, it is free to subscribe to THE EARTH CONNECTION. By subscribing, you will receive an email to alert you every time there is a new EARTH CONNECTION posting. And, of course I do not share THE EARTH CONNECTION’s subscriber list with anyone.
And one more thing–I am always open to posting other people’s work–poems, photos, narratives, etc. Thanks!–April Moore