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| February 18, 2010 | Illusions of Independence |
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I remember, as I was growing up, being carefully taught that independence, not inter-dependence, was everything. "Make your own way." "Stand on your two feet." or my mother's favorite admonition when I was face to face with consequences of some action: "Now that you have made your bed, lie on it!" Read More |
| January 20, 2010 | Consider Saying "No" First |
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I was not turning my cell phone off because I wanted it always to be available. Maybe the phone was not the only thing that was too available. Read More |
| January 3, 2010 | |
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The holidays are over. The year has turned. 2010 is upon us. Like many people, I tend to think about my life in general at the beginning of the year and one of the things that got me thinking this year was the trip to the snow. Read More |
| December 17, 2009 | |
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I was in a shopping center yesterday, looking for holiday items. I drive a little car. Sometimes I feel like a minnow in a school of minivans. Read More |
| December 9, 2009 | |
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Rest is highly underrated in our lives. I am not talking about just sleep, although we know we don't get nearly enough of that either, I am talking about "not-doing". I have been running like mad all of this fall, traveling here and there, giving talks, working on projects - wonderful, productive meaningful work. Read More |
| November 23, 2009 | |
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I'm a running narrative, one internal story after another, but I didn't notice the stories so much until I lost them. That's when I began to realize how important stories are. Read More |
| November 1, 2009 | |
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Nothing for miles except telephone poles hundreds of yards apart and all the skid marks pointed to the telephone poles. Read More |
October 21, 2009 |
Living Around Limitations |
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Every cup of coffee we drink is living around the limitation that we can't hold steaming hot coffee using our bare hands as a cup. Every snowstorm we walk through wearing clothes and staying warm is living around the limitation that we don't grow fur. Read More |
September 23, 2009 |
Making Shapes |
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Did I "think" I was a disembodied cortex? A lump of brain cells running around -- and just how would I accomplish this? The images are hilarious. Read More |
| September 5, 2009 | Counting Whats |
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My life was a pile of whats. Everywhere I looked there was a what. I was surrounded by whats. What I ate, what soap I washed with, what kind of gas I put in my car. Read More |