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available on-line. The essence of what Dr. Sacks wrote re- veals his enormous love of life and many of his passions. An avid reader, he quotes David Hume,


the Brit-


ish philosopher, who in April, 1776, at only age 65, accomplished the unthinkable by writing a short au- tobiography in one day, prompted by the news that he was mor- tally ill. Dr. Sacks hav- ing completed his own autobiography—due out soon, continues work on “several other books.” His forthright honesty re- veals most poignantly: “…I feel intensely alive, and I want and hope..to deepen my friendships, to say farewell to those I love, to write more, to travel if I have the strength, to achieve new levels of un- derstanding and insight…But, there will be time, too, for some fun (and even some silliness, as well).”


Bravo! Dr. Sacks! A ... continued from page 5


cancer survivor who lost one eye a decade ago to that disease now knows it


has re-


turned i n force.


W ith huge optimism and offering his message to the


world he writes, “It is the ge- netic and neural fate of every human being to be a unique in- dividual, to fi nd his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.” He goes on to say about life, “I have loved and


been loved” and expresses his feelings of gratitude for life in the most extraordinary way: “Above all, I have been a sen- tient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enor- mous privilege and adventure.” My favorite book of his is “Musicophilia” a Knopf publi- cation from 2007. In it, he dis- plays a rare understanding of the role of music in our lives. Indeed, all of his writings demonstrate that exceptional combination of huge creative thinking that meets at the apex of both science and the arts. Carl Sagan had that rare gift as did another physicist/ poet, Jacob Brunowski, the author of the “Ascent of Man,” as incomparable as Sagan’s “Cosmos” on TV. It is beyond exciting to wit- ness that confl uence of science and the humanities. So rarely do the gifts of men and women, brilliant in the sciences, meet at the very apex of human under- standing by being expressed in exceptional skills in writings.


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As Brunowski wrote, “the re- sult is nothing less than poetry.” Californian John Muir wrote: “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we fi nd it hitched to the universe” in his book “My First Summer in the Sierra.” Sagan, a New Yorker of an immigrant family, a kind of history very familiar to me, experienced the luxury and tremendous excitement in learning and discovering that his parents never had. His hu- maneness is in giving tribute to his parents that they taught him “the two uneasily cohabit- ing modes of thought that are central to the scientifi c method: skepticism and wonder.” He wanted to know what stars are when he was six. At a library he found his answer: “The stars were suns, but so far away they were just little points of light… There was a magnifi cence to it, a grandeur, a scale which has never left me. Never ever left me.”


On any clear night in Santa Rosa, enjoy those stars! ---Ellie


Curiosity is a willing, a proud, an eager


confession of


ignorance. S. Leonard Rubinstein


Healing Readings & Astrology


JOKES & Humor # 6


A man walks into a bar one day and asks, “Does anyone here own that rott- weiler outside?” “Yeah, I do!” a biker says, standing up. “What about it?” “Well, I think my chihuahua just killed him...” “What are you talkin’ about?!” the biker says, disbelievingly. “How could your little runt kill my rottweiler?”


“Well, it seems he got stuck in your dog’s throat!”


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beautifully illustrated. There is such a resurgence of


growing gardens from seed, a worldwide movement.


Renee


said there is an infl ux of young gardeners deciding to grow their own food for better fl a- vor, better quality and indepen- dence. Growing organically is fi nally becoming the SMART way to garden.


Bronzy tender leaves of climbing roses are starting to weave their way through the grayness of budding apple trees.


Unforgettable rumbling


of thunder storms still fi lls our sleepy dreams. Breathe deep. . .deeper. . .deepest.


Cast your


pretentious calendars aside; a new season is upon us and her name is SPRING. . .


Careful...!


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