Feet on the Earthday Street 2018

Many of my readers know that for the last few years I have been writing stories for several monthly community magazines.  One of the features that I write is called 'Feet on the Street'.  I will visit local libraries, businesses, community centres or parks and I pose a question of the month to the people I find there.  I take notes and take the persons photo and then go home and put it all together.  Usually, I interview four people and this fills about 1/2 a page in the magazine rather nicely!

This year, I decided to do something very unique.  I posed my question of the month to Facebook friends from around the world... making this a real global effort!!!!

The response I received was very overwhelming!  To see all the stories and to meet some very interesting and inspirational people, just follow this link....

Feet on the Earthday Street - 2018

Earthday Tree Planting 2018

Batman & Spider-Man were very excited to do a little tree planting

at last week's Earthday event

hosted by the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority!

To see all the fun they had, just follow this link:

Earthday Tree Planting 2018

Freefall

For a period of time, I found that poetic phrases spilled from my tongue with ease and during this period of my life I wrote a nice collection of poems.  I used to lay them out on a sheet of paper and print several copies.  Whenever I wrote a letter to a friend I would write in on the back of the paper with a poem on the reverse side.  I thought it was a fun idea!

Just last week, I had a need to write to a friend and remembering the pages I had made many years ago, I went digging through some old files.  This is when I uncovered this poem.....

FREEFALL

Since, April has always been Earthmonth for me, I thought that this poem would be a nice addition to this blog to inspire people to remember that each of us has a responsibility to build a more peaceful future for our children!

What I like about this poem, is that it is filled with hope and passion.... but not in a fairy tale way.  You will notice that I am not afraid to shine light on the facts that humanity will have to pay the price for it's degrading relationship with our Earth... but hope and love will rise from the ashes.....

Please enjoy!

Devon's Joke 2018

Can you believe it?!!!!  Devon's only 6 years old and he's already made two stop motion animation films!!!!  Quite an achievement!!!!

We worked very hard, over the March Break that just passed, to make this film and we both hope that it will bring a smile to your face!!!!!

Please enjoy.....

Devon's Joke 2018

Here Comes International Peace Day!!!!

I love the fact that I'm able to share so many inspirational stories with so many people - both locally and from around the world!  One way that I do this, is by writing stories for the Villager magazines.  There are several in London and I usually write for the Byron Villager, Lambeth Villager and occasionally the Kilworth/Komoka/Delaware Villager.

One of my monthly features is called 'Feet On The Street'.  I pose a question of the month and then ask people to answer them.

With International Peace Day approaching, my question was about PEACE and what people do to bring a little bit of it into the world.

Just follow this link to see what people had to say about this subject.....

Bringing Peace To Our World

Make bitsandpeaces.com a 'favourite'

This website is very new and since I have close to 20 years of art, music and stories to share with you, it is easy to realize that many more posts are still to come....

Mark this page as a 'favourite' and visit again and again to see the many inspiring efforts that will fill your heart with love and peace, as we work together to create a better world for future generations!

Introduction

Introduction

Once I had a vision that shone so bright.

It opened my eyes that had been shut... tight!

It came as a dream,

form between the seam,

that separates day from night.

My mission was to create a being of bits and peaces,

and my icon's name was not to be Jesus.

Stik was the name that stuck to my mind,

and a world of imagination,

 I was soon to find.

There one where he exists...

and the one behind,

my eyes.

And so, I will fill this space in your time,

As we explore this world of pantomime...

free from grime, slime and crime,

where truth is found in all things sublime.

Jim Kogelheide

1997