Good Night, God! Yesterday I read that one teaspoon of healthy soil contains one billion bacteria with 20,000 to 30,000 different species. This is in the book Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web. The…
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The Power of Information
Good Evening, God! I came across a interesting article in the August 14, 2017 Bloomberg Businessweek on mapping the ground UNDER New York City. Subterranean cartographers are at work, God, combining a variety of maps to get a FULL information…
Tagged with: Combined information, Connecting information, mapping our cities, Subterranean cartographers, The Power of Knowledge, underground cartography
Posted in connecting, images, interactions, layer upon layer, learning, mental maps, processing on deeper levels, supportive organizational structures
Posted in connecting, images, interactions, layer upon layer, learning, mental maps, processing on deeper levels, supportive organizational structures
A Touching Beijing / Honolulu Moment
. . .a busload of visitors from China was coming up from the beach — getting ready to go. It came to me that I should “acknowledge” their presence — so I looked up and caught the eye of one of the older women and smiled.
Tagged with: a Smile, Beijing, Eye Contact, Honolulu, Waimanalo Beach
Posted in connecting, connections, interactions, seeing
Posted in connecting, connections, interactions, seeing
Circles of Friends
After all, what could be better for our physical and emotional health than investing in friends!
Tagged with: Circles of Friends, investing in friends, Long Time Friends
Posted in connections, friends, health, interactions
Posted in connections, friends, health, interactions
“Found” Art — or is it a Cartoon?
Good Morning, God! I remember seeing and loving Deborah Butterfield’s horses — made out of “found” materials. Today I have a much humbler example of “found” art. This fish pendant was “found” hiding inside an old piece of scrap copper…
Tagged with: "found" art, art and cartoons, creating, interacting with the created, whimsy
Posted in Creating, interactions, JOY, Responding
Posted in Creating, interactions, JOY, Responding
Sharing: Walking Together and Working Together
Good Morning, God! After dinner, Kit has been walking with me around our block. I tell him it is to help with my “weight loss” and it is. But, I can’t help remembering the study that showed that a daily…
Tagged with: designed to work together, meaningful work, sharing ourselves, The Upside of Irrationality
Posted in Communication, connecting, connections, interactions, meaningful work, Sharing
Posted in Communication, connecting, connections, interactions, meaningful work, Sharing
Interactions and Conversations and Welcoming Prayer
Good Morning, God! Such a marvelously full week I’m having, God! Sunrises so astounding that we stopped our early morning walk yesterday and stared. Diana said, “We should just lie down on the grass and look up at the sky!”…
Inner and Outer Worlds — Meeting in Your Compassionate Presence
Good Morning, God! Kit arrived yesterday morning, EARLY — earlier even than we had “planned.” So I quickly dressed and Kit and I went off to Peet’s for a much appreciated coffee, while Suz slept for a few more minutes.…
