° Friends and community projects, but, most importantly:
The Maritime Heritage Project, a ten-year-old internationally renowned California non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving West Coast shipping history. The Project focus is on ships, captains, passengers, and merchandise arriving in San Francisco during the mid-to-late 1800s.
The Amazon Animal Orphanage in Iquitos, Peru. The Orphanage, an official "Centre of Custory" for abandoned and sometimes endangered animals, was established by Gudrun Sperrer and Roblar Moreno who also operate Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm. Their dream to open a Butterfly Farm turned into a place where tourists and villagers brought injured and abandoned animals for care. Their first, and most dramatic charge, is Pedro Bello, the beautiful Jaguar above. We have just completely redesigned that site.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson