Kaelan Palmer Paton

 As Hannukah comes to a close, which conveys the Jewish experience of oil burning for 8 nights when there was only 'enough for one night' and is a sign of the God's grace and miracles, a group of school children and adults were enchanted by the Grumbling Gryphons theatre troupe who acted out two trickster tales with inspiring messages:

Do not let anyone steal your light--whether the sun, moon and stars (and by association, clean air, water, and way to live and provide for your family and others on our small singular planet) or your inner light of free will, respect and self-preservation,

Everyone likely realizes that President Barack Obama is now taking on some mountain challenge in Alaska, no less! As cool as that sounds, he's not (just) going for the fun and adventure. He's actually publicizing the

scary, severe state of not only our nation but of the world in terms of facing the realities of CLIMATE CHANGE! Is he yelling it from a mountain top while learning how to manage climbing up and down amazing landforms and comprehending the effects of the icebergs melting at alarming rates? If we listen we may hear him loud and clear as though he were speaking directly to US-All.