http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_95_Hows_The_Weather.mp3 Marq De Villiers was nearly blown off a cliff when he was a toddler. That experience seared itself onto his memory, and he eventually wrote a book about wind called "Windswept". Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_95_Hows_The_Weather.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_95_Hows_The_Weather.mp3 <h4>How's The Weather?</h4><blockquote>Bad weather almost always makes good copy, and those who study wind and weather can be counted on to do all sorts of neat things.<br />- New York Times Book Review of Windswept<br /></blockquote><p><br /><img class="image-left" src="../graphics/marq200x220.jpg" alt="Marq De Villiers" />Hurricane season is still with us. So it's only appropriate that Dick talk to Marq De Villiers (left), about his recently published book, "Windswept".  The wind figures in the creation myths of almost all cultures.  And despite its destructive power, the wind actually makes life on earth possible. Dick talks to Marq about the mysteries and majesty of the wind.</p><ul><li>Find out <a href="http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771026447%20" target="_self">more about "Windswept"</a></li><li>Read an <a title="Excerpt from &quot;Windswept&quot; by Marq De Villiers" href="../sidebars/excerpt-from-windswept-by-marq-de-villiers" target="_self">excerpt</a> from "Windswept" <br /></li></ul><a title="Add To This Story" class="addbtn" href="../addstory" target="_self">Add to Story</a><a><br /></a><h4>FAMILY FILM MYSTERY</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="../graphics/home-movie-day-oldphoto.jpg" alt="Pat Murray - Family Film" />Photo: Pat Murray's great, great, great grandmother, Mrs. Christian, holding unknown child.  Mrs. Christian died 1896 in Elberton Georgia.  From Pat's family's collection.</p><p>Haven't you wondered what's on that old reel of film in the box in your attic?  Pat Murray did. Pat's family doesn't believe in throwing anything away, and they literally have thousands of old photos and one reel of  super eight film.  Pat took her film to Home Movie Day, an event that's held every year on the same day in over fifty cities around the world.  Pat Murray talks to Dick about her home movie discovery today on The Story. <br /></p><ul><li>Solve some of your own <a href="http://homemovieday.com" target="_self">family film mysteries</a></li></ul><a title="Add To This Story" class="addbtn" href="../addstory" target="_self">Add to Story</a><a><br /></a><h4>YOUR STORY - CAROLYN LEAVITT</h4><p>One woman's bittersweet recollection of the last time she saw her best friend.</p><a title="Add To This Story" class="addbtn" href="../addstory" target="_self">Add to Story</a> Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00