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Don’t let no Oil Spill Turn You ’Round
Today I was told, “This oil spill’s going to last for the rest of our lives.” Hopefully not, but one thing’s for sure, the human family has storms enough coming and brewing now to fill our lifetimes. “Constant vigilance!” as Mad-eye Moody vowed needs to be our motto too. In the last blog entry, I […]
June 14, 2010
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Leo Denton · 
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Tags: African American Spirituals, Hurricanes, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen, Service, Spirit · Posted in: Encouragement, Endurance, Music, Oil spill
Encouragement
First thing this morning, my son, Edward says, “Dad, have you seen the pond this morning?” Looking out the window, needing encouragement but expecting the worse, I saw a dozen water hyacinths in full bloom and three water lilies blooming too. Wild flowers were blooming around the pond as well. Wow! Work, patience, nourishment, good […]
June 12, 2010
· Leo Denton · 3 Comments
Tags: Beach, Because you loved me, Blooming, Celine Dion, Flowers, Oil clean-up workers, Sea turtles · Posted in: Community, Encouragement, Music, Nature, Oil spill
Walk on the water
Simon was a fisherman. Like Simon many of us have job titles too. But we’re more than that. When the fish seemed gone, Simon had an amazing friend who said that from now on he would be a fisher of people. Simon asked his friend to leave him, but his friend assured him that nothing […]
June 11, 2010
· Leo Denton · No Comments
Tags: Britt Nicole, Dauphin Island, Everything we touch, Fishing, Gulf oil spill, Hands across the Sand, Walking on water · Posted in: Being real, Dreams, Music, Nature, Oil spill
Beached Oil
On Saturday, while doing volunteer beach work, I got a harsh, unwanted kick in the pants. Paddies of foul smelling oil and toxic dispersants were all around me. How toxic to me? … to my wife? … to my children? I don’t know. The birds, crabs, and fish at Katrina Cut have little choice. Two […]
June 6, 2010
· Leo Denton · 31 Comments
Tags: Cooperation, Dauphin Island, Dolphin, Gulf oil spill, Healing, Horseshoe crabs, Mia Rose, Natasha Bedingfield, Paradise, Polution, Spirit, Unwritten, Wildlife · Posted in: Being real, Community, Music, Nature, Oil spill