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Whole Brain Thinking

Whole Brain Thinking

I can't lie, I've mostly been reading what I call “airport fiction” lately - those series of novels that are the literary equivalent of Law and Order or CSI. But I did make time for this book - Whole Brain Thinking by Jill Bolte Taylor.  You may...

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Uncharitable

Uncharitable

In 2013 a man named Dan Pallotta gave a TED talk that went viral. He made a passionate case for changing the way we evaluate charities, that by focusing on how little they spend instead of how much impact they deliver. Whether it changes your mind...

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Seeking Beauty

Seeking Beauty

Seems like a good time to pull these old favorites off the bookshelf. The author is John O'Donohue, onetime priest, poet, philosopher who has now left us. His words gentle me down, his poems/prayers require no specific faith, only a desire to...

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The Distillery – The Creative Act

The Distillery – The Creative Act

We went nomading again to Palm Springs for a few weeks, and that seems to now include a ritual photo of one of my favorite reading nooks.  This time I was reading Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act. One of my favorite lines:              “Discipline and...

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Help, Thanks, Wow

Help, Thanks, Wow

The title of this post is taken from Anne Lamott’s book of the same name. I’ve pretty much separated my meditation practice from any specific religious practice. Having said that, sometimes when I am sitting with my thoughts I find myself talking...

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