On this day in movie history - The Tank (2025):

The Tank

a.k.a. Der Tiger,

directed by Dennis Gansel,

written by Dennis Gansel, Colin Teevan,

released in Germany on September 15, 2025.

Music by Heiko Maile.

Cast: David Schütter, Laurence Rupp, Leonard Kunz, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Yoran Leicher, Tilman Strauss, André Hennicke, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Alzbeta Malá, Samuel Himal, Tomáš Peteráč, Yana Shevchenko, Karolína Ruzicková, Adam Langer, Adéla Spulková.

On this day in movie history - The Long Walk (2025 movie & novel):

The Long Walk

directed by Francis Lawrence,

written by JT Mollner,

based on the novel by Stephen King,

released in the United States on September 12, 2025.

Music by Jeremiah Fraites.

Cast: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Mark Hamill, Roman Griffin Davis, Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, Noah de Mel, Daymon Wrightly, Jack Giffin, Thamela Mpumlwana, Keenan Lehmann, Dale Neri, Teagan Stark, Samuel Clark, Emmanuel Oderemi, Cameron MacConomy, Gabriel Daniels, Adam Hurtig, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Athena Barten, Leo King, Ruger Red Barnes, Steven Ratzlaff, Kevin McIntyre, Antonius Hackett, Sheaya Labiuk, Sharon Bajer, Toni Reimer, Laura Olafson, Carson Nattrass, David MacInnis, Lam An, Jonathan Dehaan, Kara Myskiw, Izabella Raven, Ken Steen.

Recommended reading:

The Long Walk

By Stephen King.

Published by Scribner.

First published 1979.

ISBN-10: 1668208814

ISBN-13: 9781668208816

Description:

In a dystopian near-future, America has fallen on hard times. Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as the Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour day and night, without ever stopping. The winner gets “The Prize” – anything he wants for the rest of his life. But the rules of the Long Walk are harsh and the stakes could not be higher. There is no finish line – the winner is the last man standing. Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever. Slow down under the speed limit and you’re given a warning. Three warnings and you’re out of the game – forever.

On this day in movie history – Nuremberg (2025 movie & book):

Nuremberg

directed by James Vanderbilt,

written by James Vanderbilt,

based on the book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 7, 2025.

Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast: Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Richard E. Grant, Michael Shannon, Leo Woodall, Colin Hanks, John Slattery, Wrenn Schmidt, Lotte Verbeek, Andreas Pietschmann, Mark O'Brien, Lydia Peckham, Steven Pacey, Roderick Hill, Dan Cade, Paul Antony-Barber, Wolfgang Cerny, Donald Sage Mackay, Tamas Nadas, Alex Diehl, Jeremy Wheeler, Dieter Riesle, Tom Keune, Barney Taylor, Philippe Jacq, Gyula Mesterházy, András Korcsmáros, Billy Rayner, Ralph Berkin, Laura Bóta, Blake Kubena, Wayne Brett, Carl Achleitner, Brett Keating, Laurence Pears, Michael Sheldon, Fleur Bremmer, Sam Newman, Richard Kerékgyártó, Vazul Magyar, Szüle István, Adam Pelyhe, István Áldott.

Recommended reading:

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

By Jack El-Hai.

Published by PublicAffairs.

First published 2013.

ISBN-10: 1610394631

ISBN-13: 9781610394635

Description:

The book is a page turner. – NPR.

In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. Joining him in the detention center were fifty-one senior Nazis, of whom Göring was the dominant figure.

To ensure that the captives were fit for trial at Nuremberg, the US army sent an ambitious army psychiatrist, Captain Douglas M. Kelley, to supervise and evaluate them. To Kelley, it was the professional opportunity of a lifetime: to discover a distinguishing trait among these arch-criminals that would mark them as psychologically different from the rest of humanity. But evil has its charms....

On this day in movie history - Roofman (2025):

Roofman

directed by Derek Cianfrance,

written by Derek Cianfrance, Kirt Gunn,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 6, 2025.

Music by Christopher Bear.

Cast: Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Juno Temple, Ben Mendelsohn, Tony Revolori, Kirana Kuic, Gabriella Cila, Alissa Marie Pearson, LaKeith Stanfield, Esme McSherry, Melonie Diaz, Stella Gunn, Joe Bruno, Molly Price, Dan Marks, Scott Shipman, Benjamin Henderson, Jason Wise, Javier Molina, Charles Cummings, Peter Dinklage, Emory Cohen, Molly Grantham, Erika Jackson, Stephen Strickland, Kathryn Stamas, Uzo Aduba, Lily Collias, Kennedy Moyer, Gabe Fazio, Ron Clinton Smith, Lauren Rennick Lockhart, Bryan Allen Lockhart, Keya Hamilton, Katherine Scheimreif, Vedra Grant, Amy K. Harmon, Patricia Pegram, Punkie Johnson, Jimmy O. Yang, Christopher Moerke, Mark Assad, Chris Kimbell, Wesley Keziah, Timothy Dean, Myles Arnold, Craig Black, Abby Burkholder, Steve Caston, Kristy Concepcion, Veronica Toth DeStefano, Philip Dido, Karen Edwards, Willie Tyrone Ferguson, Isaiah Findley, Nick Gaddy, Brent Gribble, Michael Harding, Isaiah Hyman, Jobie James, Jane Klecker, Melissa Milch, Art Newkirk, Logan Newkirk, Luciana Newkirk, Lucretia Newkirk, Ted Nickerson, Brandon Parker, Bob Pelletier, Tom Rascoe, Michael Silverman, Cindee Smith, Rusty L. Stewart, C. Chad Williams.

On this day in movie history - John Candy: I Like Me (2025):

John Candy: I Like Me

documentary directed by Colin Hanks,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 4, 2025.

Music by Tyler Strickland.

Cast: John Candy, Bill Murray, Chris Candy, Jennifer Candy-Sullivan, Steve Aker, Rose Candy, Pat Kelly, Terry Enright, Ennio Gregoris, Tom Davidson, Rita Davidson, Catherine McCartney, Dan Aykroyd, Dave Thomas, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Robin Duke, Andrew Alexander, Catherine O'Hara, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Conan O'Brien, Mel Brooks, Chris Columbus, Macaulay Culkin, Kelvin Pruenster, Don Lake, John Belushi, Valri Bromfield, Evangeline Candy, Jim Candy, Sidney Candy, Dick Cavett, John Chancellor, Chevy Chase, Roger Ebert, Joe Flaherty, Wayne Gretzky, John Hughes, David Letterman, Peter Mansbridge, Bruce McNall, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Jack Nicholson, Sydney Pollack, Harold Ramis, Steven Spielberg, Mary Margaret O'Hara

On this day in movie history - Song of My City (2025):

Song of My City

documentary directed by David C. Roberts,

released at the Telluride Film Festival in United States on August 30, 2025.

Collection of scenes showing the streets and skylines of New York City, from the following movies:

Across 110 Street (1972); All That Jazz (1979); The American Friend (1977); The Anderson Tapes (1971); Born to Win (1971); Cops and Robbers (1973); Cruising (1980); Death Wish (1974); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); Dressed to Kill (1980); The Exorcist (1973); Eyes of Laura Mars (1978); The French Connection (1971); Gloria (1980); God Told Me To (1976); Godspell (1973); Hair (1979); The Hot Rock (1972); Husbands (1970); The Last Detail (1973); Loving (1970); Maniac (1980); Marathon Man (1976); Mean Streets (1973); Midnight Cowboy (1969); Network (1976); A New Leaf (1971); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); Saturday Night Fever (1977); Serpico (1973); The Seven-Ups (1973); Shaft (1971); Such Good Friends (1971); Superfly (1972); The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974); Taxi Driver (1976); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Times Square (1980); An Unmarried Woman (1978); The Warriors (1979).

On this day in movie history - 1000 Women in Horror (2025 documentary & book):

1000 Women in Horror

documentary directed by Donna Davies,

written by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas,

based on the book by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas,

released at the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia on August 21, 2025.

Cast: Tonjia Atomic, Roxanne Benjamin, Akela Cooper, Mattie Do, Brea Grant, Mary Harron, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Cerise Howard, Kier-La Janisse, Nikyatu Jusu, Nikyatu Jusu, Natasha Kermani, Roseanne Liang, Annalise Lockhart, Toby Poser, Sara Risher, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Lin Shaye, Kate Siegel, Chelsea Stardust, Jenn Wexler, April Wolfe.

Recommended reading:

1000 Women In Horror, 1895-2018

By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas.

Published by BearManor Media.

Published 2020.

ISBN-10: 1629333867

ISBN-13: 978-1629333861

Description:

Blowing a kiss back through time and space from Aaliyah to Jill Rae Zurborg, 1000 Women in Horror, 1895-2018 is a love letter to both the stars and the often-invisible women who have made the genre what it is today. From Classical Hollywood to alt-Nollywood, mumblegore to J-horror, this book offers a tiny global snapshot of the vast number of women who have worked in the creation of dark and spooky movies for well over a century, both behind and in front of the camera, and in films both widely known and comparatively obscure.

Featuring a selected filmography of over 700 feature films directed or co-directed by women, this book also features interviews with Rutanya Alda, Tara Anaïse, Tonjia Atomic, Anna Biller, Axelle Carolyn, Aislinn Clarke, BJ Colangelo, Mattie Do, Julia Ducournau, Jordan Hall, Catherine Hardwicke, Katherine Kean, Karen Lam, Izzy Lee, Barbara Magnolfi, Marsha Mason, Donna McRae, Patrushkha Mierzwa, Hannah Neurotica, Alexandra Paul, Isabel Peppard, Cassandra ‘Elvira’ Peterson, Debbie Rochon, Mia’Kate Russell, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Elizabeth Shepherd, Jen and Sylvia Soska, Brinke Stevens, Barbie Wilde and Silvana Zancolò.

About the Author: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is a film critic from Melbourne, Australia. She has written eight books on cult, horror and exploitation cinema with an emphasis on gender politics, including Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study (2011), books on Dario Argento’s Suspiria (2015), Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45 (2017) and Robert Harmon’s The Hitcher (2018), and the Bram Stoker Award nominated book Masks in Horror Cinema: Eyes Without Faces (2019). She is a member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and the Australian Film Crit-ics Association. Alexandra holds a PhD in Screen Studies from the University of Melbourne and is an Adjunct Professor at Deakin University and a Research Fellow at RMIT University.

The Praying Mantis, poem by Ogden Nash:

The Praying Mantis

Poem by Ogden Nash.

From whence arrived the praying mantis?
From outer space, or lost Atlantis?
glimpse the grin, green metal mug
at masks the pseudo-saintly bug,
Orthopterous, also carnivorous,
And faintly whisper, Lord deliver us.

Recommended reading:

The Best of Ogden Nash
548 Favorite Poems from America's Laureate of Light Verse

Video by Jack Kost.
2025.

Praying Mantis (2019)
photographs by Jack Kost.

Sound effect credit:

Sounds of Summer

by freesound_community
from Pixabay.

On this day in movie history - Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025):

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

documentary directed by Laurent Bouzereau,

based on the novel by Peter Benchley,

released in the United States on July 10, 2025.

Music by Blake Neely.

Cast:

Emily Blunt, Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams, Steven Soderbergh, James Cameron, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Cameron Crowe, John Williams, Lorraine Gary, Greg Nicotero, Jeffrey Voorhees, Jeffrey Kramer, Ian Shaw, Carl Gottlieb, Jonathan Filley, Joe Alves, Wendy Benchley, Tracy Benchley Turner.

Recommended reading - Pre-Code Essentials: Must-See Cinema from Hollywood’s Untamed Era, 1930-1934 (2025):

Pre-Code Essentials:

Must-See Cinema from Hollywood’s Untamed Era, 1930-1934

By Kim Luperi & Danny Reid.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

Published by Running Press Adult.

Published 2025.

ASIN: B0DVSLC2TK

ISBN-13: 979-8894140551

Description:

From Turner Classic Movies and the creators of @precodedotcom, this is the essential film-by-film guide to must-see cinema from the pre-Code era – a wild and wonderful time in Hollywood history before strict enforcement of a censorship code that ruled moviemaking for decades.

With unparalleled freedom in the Golden Age of Hollywood, movies produced during the “pre-Code” era between 1930 and 1934 boldly confronted a wide range of provocative subjects, including sexual freedom, the glorification of outlaws, racial taboos, and class consciousness. Films of the period include beloved classics like Grand Hotel (1932) and King Kong (1933) but also lesser-known gems like I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) and Ann Vickers (1933). These films, produced at the height of the Great Depression, pushed the limits of contemporary social norms at a time when Hollywood studios were desperate to attract audiences – by any means necessary. Pre-Code Essentials invites modern readers to engage with that history while diving deep into movies that remain, as they were then, adventurous and uncompromising.

In their incisive text, film historians Kim Luperi and Danny Reid cover fifty films that take readers through the pre-Code era’s evolution. Perfect for both pre-Code novices and film aficionados alike, the book is packed with detailed production and censorship histories, recommendations, and trivia. Famous names like Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, and Ernst Lubitsch get their due, while sidebars spotlight treasures of the period like Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell, Paul Robeson, Nina Mae McKinney, Dorothy Arzner, Warren William, and Dolores De Rio. Post-Epilogue features discuss availability of the listed films and include the text of the 1930 Production Code. Illustrated by more than 200 photos, Production Code Administration records detailing correspondence between studios and censors, and more, Pre-Code Essentials is both a gorgeous guide and an indispensable resource of Hollywood history.

Among the films profiled: The Divorcee, All Quiet on the Western Front, Safe in Hell, Frankenstein, Shanghai Express, Freaks, Merrily We Go to Hell, Downstairs, Love Me Tonight, Trouble in Paradise, Three on a Match, The Sign of the Cross, Gabriel Over the White House, The Story of Temple Drake, The Emperor Jones, The Sin of Nora Moran, I Am Suzanne!, The Black Cat, Smarty, Murder at the Vanities, and many more.

On this day in movie history - Nouvelle Vague (2025):

Nouvelle Vague

directed by Richard Linklater,

written by Holly Gent, Laetitia Masson, Vincent Palmo Jr., Michèle Pétin,

released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 17, 2025.

Cast: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Adrien Rouyard, Antoine Besson, Jodie Ruth-Forest, Bruno Dreyfürst, Benjamin Clery, Matthieu Penchinat, Pauline Belle, Frank Cicurel, Blaise Pettebone, Benoît Bouthors, Paolo Luka-Noé, Jade Phan-Gia, Jonas Marmy, Côme Thieulin, Alix Bénézech, Léa Luce Busato, Tom Novembre, Laurent Mothe, Aurélien Lorgnier, Lou Chrétien-Février, Jean-Jacques Le Vessier, Jeanne Arènes, Robinson Fyot, Cosima Bevernaege, Pierre-François Garel, Grégory Dupont, Iliana Zabeth, Pauline Scoupe-Fournier, Baptiste Roussillon, Niko Ravel, Isis Fleischer, Frédéric Chateau, Jean-Baptiste Degermann, Nicolas Dozol, Pierre Glénat, Romain Valette, Gigi Velicitat.

A Night-Piece, poem by William Wordsworth:

A Night-Piece

Poem by William Wordsworth.

The sky is overcast
With a continuous cloud of texture close,
Heavy and wan, all whitened by the Moon,
Which through that veil is indistinctly seen,
A dull, contracted circle, yielding light
So feebly spread, that not a shadow falls,
Chequering the ground – from rock, plant, tree, or tower.
At length a pleasant instantaneous gleam
Startles the pensive traveller while he treads
His lonesome path, with unobserving eye
Bent earthwards; he looks up – the clouds are split
Asunder, – and above his head he sees
The clear Moon, and the glory of the heavens.
There, in a black-blue vault she sails along,
Followed by multitudes of stars, that, small
And sharp, and bright, along the dark abyss
Drive as she drives: how fast they wheel away,
Yet vanish not! – the wind is in the tree,
But they are silent; – still they roll along
Immeasurably distant; and the vault,
Built round by those white clouds, enormous clouds,
Still deepens its unfathomable depth.
At length the Vision closes; and the mind,
Not undisturbed by the delight it feels,
Which slowly settles into peaceful calm,
Is left to muse upon the solemn scene.

Recommended reading:

William Wordsworth Selected Poems

Video by Jack Kost.
2025.

Photograph:

Night Light (2023), by Jack Kost.

Sound effect credit:

Wind Gusts Late Autumn

by freesound_community
from Pixabay.

The Last Word of a Bluebird, poem by Robert Frost:

The Last Word of a Bluebird

Poem by Robert Frost.

As I went out a Crow
In a low voice said, “Oh,
I was looking for you.
How do you do?
I just came to tell you
To tell Lesley (will you?)
That her little Bluebird
Wanted me to bring word
That the north wind last night
That made the stars bright
And made ice on the trough
Almost made him cough
His tail feathers off.
He just had to fly!
But he sent her Good-by,
And said to be good,
And wear her red hood,
And look for skunk tracks
In the snow with an ax –
And do everything!
And perhaps in the spring
He would come back and sing.”

Recommended reading:

Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, & Plays

Video by Jack Kost
2025

Music credit:

Cold October – Soft Piano Music
By Clavier-Music
From Pixabay

On this day in movie history - The Alto Knights (2025):

The Alto Knights

directed by Barry Levinson,

written by Nicholas Pileggi,

released in France on March 19, 2025.

Music by David Fleming.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Debra Messing, Kathrine Narducci, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Rispoli, Robert Uricola, Frank Piccirillo, Matt Servitto, Louis Mustillo, Anthony J. Gallo, James Ciccone, Joe Bacino, Luke Stanton Eddy, Antonio Cipriano, Brian Scolaro, Wallace Langham, Ed Amatrudo, Mike Seely, Amadeo Fusca, Bob Glouberman, Kimeron Collins, Peyton Stockdale, John Dinello, Jocelyn Sluka, Bryant Carroll, Todd Covert, Robert Arce, Brian Spangler, Alex Safi, Christine McBurney, Rich Williams, Ashton Wolf, Sydney Miles, Josh Innerst, Mark Axelowitz, Glenn Cunningham, James P. Harkins, Abi Van Andel, Zach Meiser, Jeffrey Grover, Louie Lawless, Andy Knode, Mark Tierno, Wynn Reichert, J. Barrett Cooper, Liam Cronin, Robert DiDonato, Wilson Conkwright, Michael Patrick Trimm, Jeremy Dubin, Michael Adler, Itala Sona Ennor, Jean Zarzour, Tino Roncone, Nick Ferraro, Mike Dennis, Belmont Cameli, Carrie Lazar, Frank Cervone, David Vegh, Robert Louis Boden, Ed Formica, Seth Adair, Jerome Agean, Mark Angel, Sam Armentrout, Apollo Bacala, Bill Bower, Katie Brinthaupt, Vincent P. Catalano, Steven Terry Walker, Gary Chinn, William Cross, Melissa McDermott Currin, Max Daniels, Michael T. Davis, Richard Doone, Annie Elliott, Seve Esposito, Noah Bain Garret, Robert Gerding, Sammy Geroulis, Ron Gorley, Tony Scott Griffith, Dennis Craig Hensley, Taylor Knight, Bret Aaron Knower, Karen Koester, Bobby Leigh, Jean Claude Leuyer, Emma Magnus, Jennie Malone, Kalub James Mills, Joseph Moreland, Nabeel Mulla, Curtis Murphy, Roger Petan, David C. Phillippi, Dakota Phillips, David Pittinger, Derek Polen, Jerry Pope, Charlie Powers, Jarrod Robbins, Shantel Routt, Jen Ryan, Melissa Schory, Brian D. Schroeder, Kevin W. Shiveley, Greg Siewny, D.J. Stroud, Carly Tamborski, Damian Tanenbaum, Richie Verito, Todd Wallrauch.

Marbles:

Marbles

Daily grind got you down …

printer consistently ignoring you …

endured pointless meetings that could easily have been an email …

waiting for the coffee pot to brew?

Take a break and watch some marbles drop into a dish.

It won’t solve your problems, but it will give your brain a break for the duration of a tune.

Speeded up because time is short, but not too short for a humorous distraction.

Video by Jack Kost.

2025.

It’s That F****** Cat Again! Productions.

Music credit:

Rossini - William Tell Overture - Finale - Arranged for Strings
By Gregor Quendel
from Pixabay.

Dogwood Blossoms, poem by George Marion McClellan:

Dogwood Blossoms

Poem by George Marion McClellan.

To dreamy languors and the violet mist
Of early Spring, the deep sequestered vale
Gives first her paling-blue Miamimist,
Where blithely pours the cuckoo’s annual tale
Of Summer promises and tender green,
Of a new life and beauty yet unseen.
The forest trees have yet a sighing mouth,
Where dying winds of March their branches swing,
While upward from the dreamy, sunny South,
A hand invisible leads on the Spring.
His rounds from bloom to bloom the bee begins
With flying song, and cowslip wine he sups,
Where to the warm and passing southern winds,
Azaleas gently swing their yellow cups.
Soon everywhere, with glory through and through,
The fields will spread with every brilliant hue.
But high o’er all the early floral train,
Where softness all the arching sky resumes,
The dogwood dancing to the winds’ refrain,
In stainless glory spreads its snowy blooms.

Recommended reading:

Poems by George Marion McClellan.

Video by Jack Kost.
2025.

Dogwood Blossom photographs by Jack Kost.

Sound effect credit:

Forest wind and birds

by freesound_community

from Pixabay.

Inspirational quotes on nature – video 2:

Inspirational quotes on nature – video 2:

At some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough.
– Toni Morrison.

Water is the driving force of all nature.
– Leonardo da Vinci.

Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
– Charlotte Bronte.

Look deep into nature,
and then you will understand everything better.
– Albert Einstein.

I have found, through years of practice,
that people garden in order to make something grow;
to interact with nature; to share, to find sanctuary,
to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark.
Through gardening,
we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land.
– Julie Moir Messervy.

It is in the wild places,
where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky,
the human spirit is fed.
– Art Wolfe.

Nature's music is never over;
her silences are pauses,
not conclusions.
– Mary Webb.

Come forth into the light of things,
let nature be your teacher.
– William Wordsworth.

There is nothing in the world more peaceful
than apple–leaves with an early moon.
– Alice Meynell.

You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific
about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft;
a certain free-margin, or even vagueness – ignorance, credulity –
helps your enjoyment of these things.
– Walt Whitman.

Those who dwell,
as scientists or laymen,
among the beauties and mysteries of the earth
are never alone or weary of life.
Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives,
their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment
and to renewed excitement in living.
– Rachel Carson.

Make a positive difference.
Conserve nature.
Conserve our world.
Before it’s too late.

April 22 is Earth Day.
Make every day … Earth Day.

Photographs by Jack Kost.
Video by Jack Kost
2025

Music credit:
Birds
By freesound_community
From Pixabay.

Inspirational quotes on nature – video 1:

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.

– Audrey Hepburn.

To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.

– Christian Nestell Bovee.

The dandelion's pallid tube

Astonishes the grass,

And winter instantly becomes

An infinite alas.

– Emily Dickinson.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God.

Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.

As long as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be.

And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.

– Anne Frank.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

– Washington Irving.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

– Frank Lloyd Wright.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

– Aristotle.

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.

– Wendell Berry.

Earth laughs in flowers.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence ... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

– Mother Teresa.

Make a positive difference.

Conserve nature.

Conserve our world.

Before it’s too late.

April 22 is Earth Day.

Make every day … Earth Day.

Photographs by Jack Kost.

Video by Jack Kost

2025

Music credit:

Birds

By freesound_community

From Pixabay.