Life has taken on a new rhythm for the past six weeks. It’s perhaps less striking for me – someone who already worked from home and for whom employment has been steady – but it is still noticeably different. The extra expanses of time and solitude have allowed something else to grow. I’ve called it […]
Treading Lightly
Long before “zero waste” and “low impact living” were things we talked about, there was the notion of treading lightly upon the earth. “Treading lightly” is more poetic and inviting than the dogmatic newer phrases, but as the negative impacts we humans are having on the earth become more and more apparent, perhaps stronger language […]
Management Review
About six months ago, I radically changed my social media usage. Deleted my accounts on Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and more. Unfriended and unfollowed almost everyone on Facebook. Tried to delete Instagram. (More on that later.) And then I paid attention to what happened. Before I explain what happened and what decisions those observations led to, […]
The Edges
Here’s an experiment: Reach up as high as you can. Breathe deeply for a moment or two and feel the stretch along your ribs and down your back. Then stretch your arms to the side, spreading your fingers wide, feeling the space that creates in your shoulders. Breathe from your belly if you can. Reach […]
Chasing Garbage
I watch them swirl and dive, sidling closer and then scurrying away. Their plaintive cries fill the air around me. Sea gulls are a constant presence near any body of water, like pigeons are in the city. They are a ubiquitous, slightly annoying feature of life – countless unnamed birds out there chasing garbage. In […]
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