The following is from Che' Guevara's writing in the fine memoir of his early travels, The Motorcycle Diaries. I find it to be an excellent passage that illustrates the man behind the legend.

"I went to see an old woman with asthma, a customer at La Giocanda. The poor thing was in a pitiful state, breathing the acrid smell of concentrated sweat and dirty feet that filled her room, mixed with the dust from a couple of armchairs, the only luxury items in her house. On top of her asthma, she ... read more

A leaf flutters down
Summer days grow shorter now
The fruit, overripe

* Going Veg decreases personal annual greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 tons.
* Going Veg protects rainforests and wetlands from conversion to feed cropland.
* Going Veg reduces pollution of waterways by animal waste and feed crop runoff.
* Going Veg conserves scarce water supplies, topsoil, fertilizer, and fossil fuel.

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to exist in grace....
in gratitude for this life
bowing silently