PinnedWhat We Lose By Always Getting What We WantBy now we are well aware of how search engine algorithm are engineered to present us with what they determine we want, based on our previous searches. Jeff Bezos has become the richest man in the world perfecting the precision of hyper focused, personalized advertising. …2 min read2 min read
Published in A Philosopher’s Stone·PinnedThe Gap and What Lies In BetweenIn the London Underground commuters are warned to “mind the gap,” lest they fall between the platform and the open door to the train.The gap is dangerous. To fall into it, deadly. Between what we know and don’t know there is also a gap. It goes by many names —…Fear2 min readFear2 min read
Published in Creative Humans·PinnedA sketch a day, everyday for a month: What I’ve learned so farA Sketch a Day, Everyday: What I’ve Learned So Far Art is never the result of what you set out to do. At the beginning of the year, my friend Mindy convinced me to do a sketch a day with her. …Creativity4 min readCreativity4 min read
Published in A Philosopher’s Stone·PinnedOn The Art of Facing ThingsWhat salmon know about how to defy gravity It turns out facing things is not as hard, not nearly as hard, as resisting them. …Love4 min readLove4 min read
Published in The Imaginary Possible·PinnedLearning to FallIt turns out that the key to learning how to walk is learning how to fall. Infants who are learning to walk don’t move forward in one continuous straight line.They take a step, lose their balance and fall.They speed forward, stop short, fall backward. …Creativity2 min readCreativity2 min read
Nov 16, 2022Being Yourself Takes PracticeI introduced myself at a women’s networking event, with a poem I liked, written by a woman I knew: Lost & Found I was born old & serious Some would say a bit weird & curious I did have dreams of how I’d like to spend my life But I…Personal Development2 min readPersonal Development2 min read
Sep 9, 2022The Beginning of the EndThe Case of the Missing Home, part 2 (Watch/listen to the audio version here) For those of you who have been following The Case of the Missing Home, here’s a quick recap of what has happened so far: A dancer I’d met a few times socially, wrote me one day…Shamanism4 min readShamanism4 min read
Sep 5, 2022How to Get Out of Your Own HeadStart with something other than yourself Free writing which is supposed to be a kind of brain dump, but sometimes it mires me in the swamp of obsessive thoughts. …1 min read1 min read
Aug 31, 2022Dreaming about the Common GoodWhen I started selling ads for the Community Newspaper, I imagined that a Community Newspaper might do what online news cannot: reconnect us to the places where we live and the people living there A community newspaper could be the key to building a real sense of community based on…1 min read1 min read
Aug 30, 2022Why Advertise Locally?For the same reasons you should consider shopping locally: Money spent and circulated within the community strengthens the local economy . For every $100 a customer spends on local businesses, about $68 stays in the community. This means local dollars are reinvested back into local businesses. Thriving local businesses also…1 min read1 min read