Raymond Chandler, on writing:

The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.

- Raymond Chandler.

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.

On this day in music history - Centered, by Sherry Finzer & Karasvana (2022):

Centered

Album by Sherry Finzer & Karasvana,
released March 4, 2022.

Track list:

Music of the Spheres; Sacred Spiral; Encircling the Illusion.

On this day in television history - Justified (2014):

Justified

Season 5. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Whistle Past the Graveyard.

Released March 4, 2014.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Chris Provenzano, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Michael Rapaport, Kyle Bornheimer, A.J. Buckley, Dale Dickey, William Forsythe, Damon Herriman, Jesse Luken, Jacob Lofland, Danielle Panabaker, Amy Smart, Alicia Witt, Deidrie Henry, J. Anthony Pena, Justin Welborn, Jocelyn Ayanna, Monty Cox, Justin Huen, Anthony Ledesma, Jorge Lopez, Rolando Molina, Vincent Rivera, Russell Bertolino, David Meunier, Lisa Pevc, Jason Tobias.

On this day in movie history - The Adjustment Bureau (2011):

The Adjustment Bureau

directed and written by George Nolfi,

based on the short story Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick,

was released in the United States on March 4, 2011.

Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Lisa Thoreson, Florence Kastriner, Michael Kelly, Phyllis MacBryde, Natalie Carter, Chuck Scarborough, Jon Stewart, Gregory P. Hitchen, Darrell Lenormand, Michael Bloomberg, Kar Fearon, RJ Konner, Susan D. Michaels, Anthony Mackie, Gregory Lay, Lauren Hodges, James Carville, Mary Matalin, John Slattery, Amanda Warren, Anthony Ruivivar, Sandhi Santini, Laurie Dawn, Christine McLain, Betty Liu, Jim Edward Gately, Don Hewitt, Venida Evans, Kyoko Bruguera, David Gregoire, Julie Hays, Fabrizio Brienza, David Bishins, Kate Nowlin, Rob Yang, Jennifer Ehle, Johnny Cicco, Pedro Pascal, Michael Boyne, Sarah Bradford, Peter Epstein, Brian Haley, Kirsty Meares, Jessica Lee Keller, Donnie Keshawarz, Kieran Campion, Terence Stamp, Sandi Carroll, Daniel Bazile, Shane McRae, Meghan Andrews, Sandra Berrios, David Alan Basche, Joel de la Fuente, Mike DiSalvo, Dina Cataldi, Paul DiPaola, Jason Kravits, Peter Jay Fernandez, Lawrence R. Leritz, Peter Hans Benson, LeRoy McClain, Brit Whittle, Wayne Scott Miller, Lorenzo Pisoni, Bart Wilder.

On this day in music history - Don't Look Back, by John Lee Hooker (1997):

Don’t Look Back

Album by John Lee Hooker,

released March 4, 1997.

Track list:

Dimples; The Healing Game; Ain't No Big Thing; Don't Look Back; Blues Before Sunrise; Spellbound; Travellin' Blues; I Love You Honey; Frisco Blues; Red House; Rainy Day.

On this day in movie history - The Naked City (1948):

The Naked City

aka Naked City,

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald,

based on a story by Malvin Wald,

was released in the United States on March 4, 1948.

Narrated by Mark Hellinger.

Music by Miklós Rózsa and Frank Skinner.

There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.

– Narrator.

Cast:

Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Ted de Corsia, House Jameson, Anne Sargent, Adelaide Klein, Grover Burgess, Tom Pedi, Enid Markey, Walter Burke, Virginia Mullen, Mark Hellinger.