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Author: mktdaf

Whales: Welcome home, old friend….”They are fishermen, like we are.”

Posted on November 1, 2013by mktdaf

Just what you want to hear. And yeah, more than a coincidence. On Tuesday, killer whales came close to a ferry from Seattle as it approached Bainbridge Island. The killer whales surrounded the ferry and splashed in the water. By coincidence, on board the ferry were officials from The Burke Museum in Seattle who were…

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Categories: Whale NewsTags: sealth, seattle

Wordplay: Watch your grammar, even in jokes….

Posted on November 1, 2013by mktdaf

Knock knock. Who’s there? To. To who? No, to whom.

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Categories: WordplayTags: whom

Poetry: Good morning, starshine….

Posted on October 31, 2013by mktdaf

i thank you god for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth day of life…

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Categories: Poetry of Music, ThoughtsTags: cummings, rise, sun

Wordplay: Improving our vocabulary, one word at a time….

Posted on October 31, 2013by mktdaf
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Categories: WordplayTags: aleatory

Intuitives: Micara & the gift of opening yourself to your intuition

Posted on October 30, 2013by mktdaf

One of the intuitives I’d like you to meet is Micara Link, who had two big shifts in her life last year, as she moved with her husband from South Dakota to outside of Kansas City, AND welcomed their first child. She’s worked with Denise Linn, and over the past five years has really gotten…

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Categories: In the Other NewsTags: intuitive, Link, Micara, reiki

Funnier: More views! Or, redefining a leap of faith….

Posted on October 30, 2013by mktdaf

It is my hope that the lessons below are not lost on you, gentle reader, before you upload your video to YouTube. Remember what it takes to be what you most want to be, both before and after you take that leap. (No cats were harmed in the making of this comic.) (I think.)

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Categories: Funnier

Thoughts: Where peace begins…

Posted on October 30, 2013by mktdaf

If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors,…

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Categories: ThoughtsTags: lao tse, peace

Whales: Interspecies love….

Posted on October 28, 2013by mktdaf

If dolphins & dogs can get along…. You’ve kissed people – did you ever see anyone jump like this, afterwards? from One World, One Ocean

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Categories: Whale NewsTags: dolphin, kiss

Wordplay: What would it sound like in the age of the Internet?

Posted on October 28, 2013by mktdaf

As usual, Randall at xkcd.com gets it right:  

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Categories: WordplayTags: headlines

Wordplay: Ten to watch for…..

Posted on October 25, 2013by mktdaf

Not sure why I’m putting this here – you already know this. Maybe to show your kids. YOUR kids probably already have ’em down, though.

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Categories: WordplayTags: grammar

Thoughts: Sharing & leaving the police out of it….

Posted on October 24, 2013by mktdaf

This is a little story from the Wake Up Project,that my friend Elaine passed on to me & you. What would you have done? Jessica Eaves from Guthrie, Oklahoma (USA) recently had her wallet stolen by a man while she was grocery shopping. Most people in that situation would immediately get the authorities involved, but…

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Categories: ThoughtsTags: jessica, kindness, wallet

Wordplay: That’s tearable. Terrible. Terrrrable. Whatever.

Posted on October 23, 2013by mktdaf
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Categories: WordplayTags: puns

Whales: What do you do when a humpback takes a swipe at you?

Posted on October 23, 2013by mktdaf

When freediver Chris Coates was swimming off the coast of Africa, he had seen humpbacks all day….but this one came close & thumped him with its pectoral fin. You can see his amazing video & the rest of the story here – check it out!

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Categories: Whale NewsTags: chris coates, humpback, whale

Wordplay: Depends on how you look at it, this lost generation

Posted on October 18, 2013by mktdaf

You know what a palindrome is – you read it one way, it makes sense. You read it in reverse, still makes sense. This one has gone viral since Jon Reed won second place in an AARP contest, a few years ago – I bet you’ll start composing one of your own after you see…

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Categories: WordplayTags: palindrome

Whales: Plastic in the gut – it’s a killer

Posted on October 17, 2013by mktdaf

Ever since I met Captain Charles Moore a few years ago (he came to San Juan Island for a rousing talk), I’ve had plastics on the brain. If you haven’t seen his here’s-everything-in-a-nutshell TED talk, check it here. The amount of plastic in the world’s oceans is staggering, and it makes its way into the…

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Categories: Whale NewsTags: plastic, whale

Funnier: Validating you….

Posted on October 16, 2013by mktdaf

If all it takes is a smile, you’re gonna love this. I promise: You’ll forward this to your friends. You’ll re-post it. And you’ll remember & dig it all day – check it out!

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Categories: FunnierTags: validation

Thoughts: Gratitude, living in the country….

Posted on October 14, 2013by mktdaf

My good friend Mary Wondra lives near the village on Lopez Island, and has a keen eye for the subtle & the sublime. She posted this little observation about how the inside of what makes it autumn sometimes shows on the outside: Had a lovely Lopez moment this morning. Sitting on the porch with my…

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Categories: ThoughtsTags: mary wondra, spider

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"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. "
-- Mark Twain

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brother ian in actionOver the centuries, Brother Ian has been collecting stories & information & discourses for the purpose of elevating the human condition as needed, dissecting it when necessary, and building the case for hope.

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