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The journey to silence The challenge we have is that we slam ourselves right into our days. Coffee in one hand, cell phone in the other we go from bed directly into the milieu of emails and social media posts. Especially in our current world – we don’t give our brains any free space. Without …
Non-negotiable What’s the important stuff? This time of year I always warn people about the impending craziness and busyness. Ever since I have moved about in the working and living world of society I see people struggling with this. It’s the beginning of the school year. It is the budget cycle in business. It is …
Slippery When Wet Five ways to keep from breaking your neck when the things get sloppy It’s been raining up here in the North East. It’s one of those 2-week periods where it rains almost every day. It’s good for the vegetable garden. It’s good for the plants and the ducks. It’s not so good …
A short review of a short book on fear. There is an imprint in the UK, part of Random House publishing called “Quick Reads” that published short books. I know this because I bought one. It was called “Feel the Fear and do it anyway” by Susan Jeffers. I did not know I was buying …
Cape Cod The footsteps of Thoreau. I am browsing through a copy of Henry David Thoreau’s Cape Cod that I received as a gift. He wrote consistently through his life. He read consistently too. He read in many languages and had a broad, scholar’s grasp of the available literature of antiquity. I have read Walden, …
