After years of living in extremes, I decided to spend this year looking at and working toward living the Middle Way. To be honest, I’ve been fascinated with meditation for a long time. I met Sharon Salzberg when I was working in the Open Grove. She is a truly fascinating woman. In this 8 minute…
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Giant trees.
The problem with being a human being is that we get in our own way. When challenged, many of us roll over and play dead. What if you were a 2,000 year old tree? Richard Preston shares the Northern California rain forest, my heart’s true home, and it’s fabulous trees. This video is 19.31…
Sending out an SOS… (or Book Marketing? What?)
After posting about some interesting movements in the music industry, Colleen at Loose Leaf Notes asked me to look into book publishing. Inspired, I set out to answer her question. At little background first.? Book publicity has changed drastically in the last seven years. When we started the Open Grove in January, 2001: In-house publicists…
Happiness.
Check out this video about happiness. Dr. Dan Gilbert shares some fascinating research about choice and happiness.The vid is 20 minutes long – and well worth the time. Check it out! Video blurb: Psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets…
Definitive test.
You’re Brigitte Bardot! Take this quiz! Yeah baby!! I just wish my feet weren’t so swollen from the freakin’ stiletto boots I wore to DeVotchKa last night.
Seth is God.
No, not that Seth. Seth Godin, of course. I wrote a book review for his new book, The Dip, for the Bring me up book club. Check it out! Update:? Ok, here’s what makes Seth Godin cool. I had a question. In the Dip, Seth describes a dead end as “cul de sac”.? Dead end…
And the USDA says….
“All we can do (about CCD) is watch our hives die.” This blog is paused while I go beat my head against a wall.
Dinner.
“Have you ever seen how Jello mold jiggles?” D. says to our dinner guest, J. “It’s fascinating,” she replies. “Once it catches my eye, I can’t stop looking.” We are talking about the restaurant opening I went to with Rocker Boy. I was standing in line in front of a woman who had absolutely huge,…
Bee solution?
I talked to my friend Steve, at Ela Family Farms, last night. He’s agreed to host our bees on his organic apple farm. YIPPEE!! We are going to the farm on April 22, 2007 to look for appropriate sites. Keep your fingers crossed. While on vacation, I had the opportunity to watch the honey bee…
Fortune Cookie
I love fortune cookies.? I love their taste and, to be truthful, I love the bits of random wisdom stated in one sentence. I collect them then place them around the house.? Here’s a few that live in our house. This one lives under my keyboard: “The simplest answer is to act.” These three live…