Sunday, April 21, 2013

Haiku: Ballet



Coopers hawk soaring
upset crow takes deference
aerial ballet


Saturday, April 20, 2013

Haiku: wind



fighting off the wind
denying winter's embrace
red oak leaves rustling


Friday, April 19, 2013

Haiku: Rosemary



rosemary blosssoms sewn
amid savory needles
a bumblebee quilt


Thursday, April 18, 2013

Haiku: Rabbit



walk hopping rabbit
crossed within two feet of me
we each took a breath


Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Open Education

http://www.onlinecourses.com

Haiku: Lightening



warm sheets of night rain
draped across my little woods
moment bright lightening


Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Haiku: Iris



one lone iris stands
defiantly in silence
behind the church sign


Monday, April 15, 2013

Haiku: Washington



World torn asunder
Politicians kiss babies
Blossoms fall too soon


Friday, February 08, 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Have I succeeded?

  

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 

 

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Warped

via Tumble Into Peace on 1/25/13

Quasars Shift Red

Hot Stars Burn Blue

Space-Time Is Warped

And So Are You

                                 - seen on bulletin board at MIT SIPB room

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The Nation Needs Extremists

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The Nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

 

Martin Luther King, Jr.  

 

 

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Greater purpose

Greater purpose 

 

Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.

 

Martin Luther King Jr. 

 

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

The Teller

The Teller
by David Mason

He told me, maybe thirty years ago,
he'd met a rawboned Eskimo named Jack
while filming polar bears on an ice floe.
Jack went out fishing in his sealskin kayak
but the current carried him so far off course
that when a Russian freighter rescued him
they signed him as a mate to Singapore.
Five years at sea it took to get back home.

The year an Englishman gave him his name.
The year of hustling on a Bali beach.
The year of opium in Viet Nam.
The year he pined for snow. The year he searched
for any vessel that would turn toward Nome.
The man who told me? I tell you, I don't know.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Active Hope

Passive hope is about waiting for external agencies to bring about what we desire. Active Hope is about becoming active participants in bringing about what we hope for. Active Hope is a practice. Like tai chi or gardening, it is something we do rather than have. It is a process we can apply to any situation, and it involves three key steps. First, we take a clear view of reality; second, we identify what we hope for in terms of the direction we'd like things to move in or the values we'd like to see expressed; and third, we take steps to move ourselves or our situation in that direction. Since Active Hope doesn't require our optimism, we can apply it even in areas where we feel hopeless. The guiding impetus is intention; we choose what we aim to bring about, act for, or express.
 

 

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