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To do:

The list of things I should be doing today is probably too long to post, and I’m not feeling up to them anyway.  So instead I’ll post the few things that I plan to do today instead. Go to a bookstore to explore books on systems thinking and Buddhism. Hit the grocery store and pickup milk [...]

350.org – Worth Your Support

As I write this, my neighbors are running their gas-powered leaf blowers. (I confess to having not one but two such devices in my shed.) I am wondering how I will handled the leaves this year. There are literally thousands of leaves in the lawn. In the past, I’ve used the heavy artillery of the [...]

You must read this book

Only in rare instances, have I read a book cover to cover in less than 24 hours.  These instances are usually marked by three things: having a lot of time on my hands, having few distractions in my immediate environment, and having a book that I find absolutely compelling.  This was the case with Mindfully [...]

One Square Inch of Silence: A Review of Sorts

I started reading the book One Square Inch of Silence, by Gordon Hempton about a month and a half ago, finishing it last night. The book tracks his travels across the United States from Washington State to Washington, DC. The book is well written in largely a conversational tone and is for the most part [...]

Today is World Food Day

As anyone who knows me well will tell you, I love food.  I spend a great deal of my free time cooking, often as a form of stress relief.  Even this morning, I was thinking about how I’m going to make some chicken corn soup this afternoon to go with this dreary, cold, grey, and [...]