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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Love Curriculum
The achievement culture imposed on our middle and high-school students can create highly accomplished children, operating within a landscape of overwhelm. They might excel in the race to create a great resume for college, but often sacrifice a sense of … Continue reading
Object Of Beauty
Every week, on break from my meditation class, I had been stopping in at a tiny Tibetan store nearby. There was an antique bowl there, a “singing” bowl, and I coveted it. It was beautiful. It had soul, depth and … Continue reading
Ordinary Isn’t
The lens of my camera is like a magic window, a truth-teller of sorts that reveals the beauty and mystery in even the most ordinary things. There are not many days that I walk down a street or up a … Continue reading
My Kitchen
A few days every week, I eat with my “brothers” at their place down the street from my house. It’s called Namu, meaning “wood” in Korean and looks and feels like a restaurant, but isn’t, really. It’s another home, to … Continue reading
Know Your Place
Most mornings, I start my day with the short walk from my house to the Peet’s in Mill Valley. Usually, when I push open the old wooden door, more than one familiar face is already there. It is warm inside. … Continue reading
Think Globally. Deposit Locally.
In 1999, the Glass-Steagall Act was repealed, effectively removing the separation that previously existed between investment banks which issued securities and commercial banks which accepted deposits. The deregulation also removed conflict of interest prohibitions between investment bankers serving as officers … Continue reading
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Beauty
It is nourishment of the soul, for every one of us. We need it, long for it, are fed by it. And whether we live surrounded by the texture and glory of a humming city or swathed in the gentle … Continue reading
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She Folds Her Sari, Four Times…
…and uses it to filter drinking water in her Bangladeshi village, removing 99% of the plankton that serve as carriers for cholera. This is an example of an “appropriate technology”, a concept championed by economist Dr. Ernst Schumacher in his … Continue reading
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It’s All Connected
A while back, we humans made a mistake. We forgot that everything in our world is connected to everything else, that we are a part of nature, dependent on the intricate systems of the wild world that surrounds us. Now, … Continue reading
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Stillness
There is a lot to process in everyday life. My mind, heart and body are receiving information every minute of the waking day. In addition, I need to drive to work, make dinner, write blogs, … life moves pretty fast. … Continue reading