Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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The Heceta Head lighthouse is one of 11 on the Oregon coast. Most still functioning as navigation aids. Heceta has a Fresnel lens, an amazing bit of glass magic invented by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel and in use around the world since the 1820s, about 200 years ago. There’s no knowing how many lives his…
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In an effort to making the coming dreary rainy months more tolerable, I’m employing a strategy I learned from behavioral economist Katy Milkman, whose book “How to Change” has many strategies that I’ve come to value. One of them is pairing, combining an enjoyable thing with a less enjoyable one (listening to energizing rock’n’roll while…
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Do not try to do extraordinary things, but do ordinary things with intensity. From Canadian artist and author Emily Carr’s journal, Nov. 16, 1931. I’ve written about her previously: here and here. Excerpts from her extensive journals have been collected and published, the book titled “Hundreds and Thousands.”
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 