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Happy Summer!
Well I actually have managed to do my “31 Point Plans” all the way up to June now! And this one took me a while to draw. I’m not as pleased with it as I might be, but I am … Continue reading
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“Stuckness”
A nearly life-long challenge for me has always been being able to plan my days in such a way that I take care of the things I need to do while also having time to do the things I want … Continue reading
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Oprah’s Harvard Speech
Today my son finishes the 7th grade, and how strange it is to me to see my not-so-long-ago little bundle of joy becoming a young man, soon to be out there facing the world. And this morning on the news … Continue reading
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy After reading “Darkness at Noon” I was inspired to read more about the time period and about Russian history in particular. I have never read any of the classic Russian authors, but my sister owns … Continue reading
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler I started reading this book on May 15th. The funny thing about this book is that I once owned a copy (with the cover pictured at left, which is different from the library copy … Continue reading
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INSANITY?
CONNECTIONS… I often tend to see the “connectedness” between seemingly disparate things; I constantly see examples of the ways things are connected. But sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint just how a thing might relate to another thing, even … Continue reading
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The Nuremberg Interviews
The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn I started reading this book on March 24th, and didn’t finish it until May 15th. This was a “heavy” book to read, and often very disturbing. I found that I generally could only take … Continue reading
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Thought Experiment #20130514-1
I am thinking about the concept of “MOTHER” today. And I believe we would all agree that, on this planet at least, the concept of “mother” is a Universal one. This is, of course, due to the fact that our … Continue reading
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Tagged community, family, grief, philosophy, questions
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ORYX AND CRAKE
ORYX AND CRAKE – I started reading this some time around the last week of April or 1st of May, after I finished reading “The Phantom” and went back to reading “The Nuremberg Interviews,” and I read the two books … Continue reading
We love our Eucalyptus…
Here in Petaluma, and in many other parts of the Bay Area and California, these lovely eucalyptus trees, many of them more than 100 years old, can be found everywhere, in shady groves, and alongside and canopying our roadways. … Continue reading
Cat Breeders gone WILD
I quote here an article from The New Yorker wherein I learn that people are now breeding wild cats with domestic cats. At first this seems like a rather neat idea to me, a major cat-lover, until I read on … Continue reading
Capitalism Gone Wild
My sister posted this Wall Street Journal article on Facebook the other day and, after I got around to reading it, I decided it was worth posting here: Capitalism is killing our morals, our future Commentary: In a Market Society, … Continue reading
Here’s another good one…
From: A 0 L T E AM <hello@wxxinews.org> Sent: Thu, May 2, 2013 3:28 am Subject: S E C U R I T Y A L E R T ! Dear Customer, Your E-mail account has exceeded its limit and … Continue reading
May 1st
It’s MAY! And here is my 31-point-plan: And my dear Aunt’s birthday is coming up on the 5th. She will be 86 (I think) years old. I made a card for her, by taking some of the artwork from this, … Continue reading
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We’re in trouble now…
I think this is hysterical – here is the text of a spam email my sister got today. She says, “Oh no! I’m in big trouble!” I have copied and pasted the email text verbatim. Too funny. From: … Continue reading
“System Notice 10755”
The last few days I have been having trouble getting into the admin functions of this blog. I initially thought I had done something to corrupt the files or something, I just could not figure out what was wrong. I … Continue reading
Books: Nesbo update
I finished reading The Redeemer the day before yesterday. (Yes, I do go through books rather quickly at times.) And then last night I started reading “Phantom,” Jo Nesbo’s most recent “Harry Hole” book, which my sister recently found at … Continue reading
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Life is Good
The Holstee Manifesto. And as I read this through once again, a song comes to mind (I love this song, although this video is a bit strange): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw8PpYBiDsc Hope you have a great day.
How to Do What You Love
How to Do What You Love By PAUL GRAHAM (Reprinted from www.paulgraham.com/love.html) January 2006 To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We’ve got it down to four words: “Do what you love.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Balance, goals, health, philosophy, quotes, spirit
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How to Find Your Purpose
I recently came across this article on Facebook, and like many things on this BrainPickings site, I found it very relevant to my personal philosophy about Life (from www.brainpickings.org): The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work By Alain de Botton … Continue reading
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“A Guide for the Perplexed”
I tend to avoid subscribing to email lists and magazines, etc., because I rarely have the time to read all of the emails I get as it is. But one thing that I do subscribe to is “Dr. Mardy’s … Continue reading
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“Setting Lofty Goals”
And here are some wonderful quotes about aiming high and not setting our sights too low, compliments of “Dr. Mardy’s Quotes of the Week.” He states, Despite everything that has been said in recent decades about setting lofty goals, there … Continue reading
April Fools
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” -John Quincy Adams No Fooling there! And here is my 31 point plan for April:
“What Beliefs Do You Get Up With in the Morning?”
In Dr. Mardy’s Quotes of the Week for March 24 – 30, 2013, “the doctor” speaks about: …having a set of guiding beliefs that are so fundamentally important to your existence that they actually get you going as you rise … Continue reading
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TV Faves
I am not a big TV fan. I generally prefer to read a good book in the evenings rather than watch television. At times, I even go months without ever turning the TV on, although I will occasionally watch the … Continue reading