Did the Martin Trail and across Foxhollow yesterday morning. Easier and a bit faster. Quiet and moonlit. The creek is high with snow melt and winter rain. The lights of town fragment in the mist. Real becomes fairy tale at the edges. In my relentless monkey mind are instants tumbled, silence, emptiness resonant of a […]
Archives for 2012
The Philosophy of Physics
So I’ve had a crisis of faith, recently. And ironically, the person who unwittingly challenged my faith would probably be horrified to know that I have any kind of faith at all, even if it was in him and what he stood for. I refer to my recent article The Danger Facing Modern Physics, where […]
Minute to Freedom #2: Not My Fault
Today let’s talk about not everything is my fault. Have you ever felt like you’re responsible for everything that happens? Whatever is going on – somehow, it is your fault?
Big Idea # 3: Peak Stuff
In 2006, Canadian musician Jane Siberry emptied her house and then sold it. She decomodified her life. In the process, she made herself a shining example of the “voluntary simplicity” movement. Her decision to shed all her possessions – including all but one of her musical instruments and for a few years even her name […]
What A Dog Can Teach You
Dog trainers are supposed to be teaching their dogs. Eric Brad has found that there is much that the dog can teach the trainer as well. In this installment, Eric says “Thank You” to his dog Tiramisu for the lessons he has learned. Listening to his dog has made him a better trainer.
MAGDA
MAGDA Marionettes carved from wood. Chimney sweeper. A girl, Magda— Nut trees and pines. Carpathian Mountains. Blueberry picking in August. In the days of tallow candles, walls hung with hand-loomed tapestries. Flat weave kilim rugs. My mother’s childhood house: one low window, attic rooms. Red mud of the Maros River, Grandmother Mariska picks wild sorrel. […]
Do Unto Others – Turn the criticism of your mate around
Relationships are a struggle. I date one who has money, a career, and a future, and that is important to a relationship. However, another excites me physically, sex is amazing and yet with another, I find that I am in “love”, the feelings are hot and deep. All three things are necessary in a relationship: […]
Minute to Freedom #1: Isolation
Today let’s talk about isolation. Have you ever felt like you had no one to talk to? That people just didn’t understand what you were going through?
Luke Skywalker and the Desert Fox – Part Two
The oases of Tozeur and Nefta were a revelation. There was so much undergrowth of other fruits beneath the huge date palms: there were bananas, almonds, plums and apricots and all this on the edge of the Salt pans and the desert. We traversed the Chott El Djerid – an area of salt marshes with […]
Impromptu Vegan Stew
You know it well – that moment when you open the cupboards and open the fridge and there is nothing to eat. No leftovers to nibble, no packages to tear into, no veggies in the crisper waiting to be tossed into a gorgeous salad, not even an overripe banana or a bag of trail mix – nothing – or so you think …
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 73
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- …
- 83
- Next Page »