Big Ideas Online

Remember how I said yesterday that this whole journey is going to take a while?  Remember how I mentioned that it’s good to surround yourself with great discussions–whether or not you agree with them? Wanna practice, but in a fun way? Here are six excellent websites to explore.  They’ll blow your mind…and keep you interested […]

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Rethinking the Human Narrative

Ah, it seems like it’s been so long since I’ve sat here by you, chatting.  We mustn’t do this again–this whole neglecting our conversation thingamajig. I’ve just returned from Colorado Springs, where I met a group of amazing and wonderful people who are eager to collaborate in some way.  [I won’t go into details here, […]

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San Fran

It’s so good to be back home, and to see your bright smiling faces this morning.  I’ll share a brief photo essay of what our time was like in San Francisco–the city of steep streets, sea lions, bread bowls, and cable cars.  [Forgive the blurriness on some of the pictures.  They were taken with an […]

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A Compassionate Life

Quotes from Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: A Search for the Soul of Kindness by Marc Ian Barasch–a book which takes a look at empathy, altruism, and compassion from all walks of life. If one completes the journey to one’s own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else. –Father Thomas […]

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Everybody

Two blog posts in one day.  Surely, I’m breaking some major rule in blogdom.  We’re traveling today, so I have time to give you two small gifts.  One for today.  One for tomorrow. Dance with me, will you? It’s Saturday, y’all.  Happy weekend… [Post image: Ingrid Michaelson, photo courtesy of Majic 95.1]

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