Most of my steady readers from the San Juan Islands know that the past week has seen the cutting of one of the Internet & phone cables in the islands, leaving many islanders scrambling to connect with each other. Islander (and former judge) Glenna Hall’s remarks about this have been published in The Atlantic. See…
You know Liz Gilbert from her book Eat, Love, Pray. You may know her from her wonderful TED talk about genius & how we ruin it (check it here.) Here’s a new way to get to know her: She writes a wonderful piece in The Atlantic (published a couple of days ago, here) celebrating her…
by Alexis C Madrigal (The Atlantic – click here to read the comments) How Many Astronauts Believe Aliens Exist? All of them, according to former Space Station commander Chris Hadfield. At least somewhere. Astronaut Chris Hadfield is a reasonable man, a former commander of the International Space Station, and a social media superstar. He recently went…
Check this list, so you’ll know what happened if someone fampled you. And did you franch it? Or when you’re working on your bad habits, you onychotillomaniac. Or whether to get mad if someone calls you a sneckdraw or a wallydrag. Check Jamie’s list: http://listverse.com/2007/11/25/another-25-words-you-dont-know/
There’s nothing (most days) more satisfying than working at something you love. And there’s that wonderful feeling of being so worn out, so tired, so spent, because you gave it your all. And it’s cool to have a song that goes with it.
If the marine entertainment industry folks tried to capture orcas in Atlantic waters, or off the Pacific coast….you bet there would be a fight. So they’re doing it in the cold seas of Russia. According to Erich Hoyt: Four more orcas have now been confirmed to have been captured in Russian waters for ocean amusement…
According to this National Geographic interactive map, it would change things. A lot. Now, look for your house. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melted-map
Baba Ram Dass keeps weaving in & out of my life, ever since I found Be Here Now when I was at university, at a lecture/teaching in Eugene, Oregon in the years just before his stroke, and lately, as I’ve been around folks who are facing death & dying. His approach offers a place to…
There is no known resident pod of orcas around Hawaii, which makes it that much more exciting – and that much more rare – when they are seen. Here’s more from Pete Thomas Outdoors about last week’s sighting, and what it means.
This is drawn from Derek Sivers’ website, with permission: If you’ve learned a lot about leadership and making a movement, then let’s watch a movement (click on the video below) happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and dissect some lessons: A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what…
A little tale from my friend Lolit: I love the story of the little girl who showed her teacher a picture she painted of a tree. The tree was purple. The teacher said, “Sweetheart, I’ve never seen a purple tree, now have I?” “Oh?” said the little girl. “That’s too bad.”
OK, I have a new guitar hero – on Friday night in Nanaimo, BC, Josie & her mum & I went to see the International Guitar show, and the guys who played were awesome. Tonight I’d like to put the spotlight on Mike Dawes from the UK, one of the players that night. Mike makes…
An old monk’s tale…shared by a friend in Japan: A religious man is on top of a roof during a great flood. A man comes by in a boat and says, “Get in, get in!” The religious man replies, “No, I have faith in God. He will grant me a miracle.” Later, the water is…