The staff of Covert Aire shared an enormous amount of good will, love, positivity, and inspiration by performing random acts of kindness all over the Lowcountry throughout the month of July. Ten random acts were planned in celebration of the 10^th anniversary of Covert Aire.

"[Five Star General George C.] Marshall was the quietest and most modest great figure of an era: he never raised his voice, never gave angry commands, never threatened or bullied people. His strength came from his sense of purpose and duty, which were absolute; his almost unique control of his own ego; and his ability to separate what mattered from what did not . . . Marshall quietly possessed a rare mind of uncommon intellectual strength, with an exceptional sense of the consequences of deeds. - David Halberstam, The Coldest Winter (Hachette Books, 2007)

Down here, having access to a pool during summer is not only a privilege but a deep and needful must for wellness of being, happiness and overall relief for whatever ever ails you.

See, Dante in his Inferno describes the 7th circle of hell as teeming with rivers of boiling fire, deserts of burning sand, and burning rain that pours from the sky.

I do not know where I came from . . . For I do not remember. - Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

It is raining in Nova Scotia. I am in Havre Boucher, a small fishing village in Antigonish County, camping at Hyclass Campground, site B13. There is a bathhouse and laundry, a playground, a couple of outhouses and a rocky point of land jutting into St. Georges Bay. I am warm, dry, writing. Hyclass. High class. It is all about perspective.