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Jonathan
July 4, 2008December 20, 2016Comments count 0

Around the world dancing

If this doesn’t make you want to strap on a backpack and grab a round-the-world plane ticket, I don’t know what will. “Matthew Harding spent 14 months visiting 42 countries…

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Jonathan
March 29, 2008Comments count 0

If someone takes your shirt give him your coat

In a real-life example of the biblical admonition, “If someone takes your shirt give him your coat” (Matthew 5:40), here is a story of a man who befriended his mugger….

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Jonathan
March 21, 2008September 26, 2015Comments count 1

The Key to Happiness

Jack LaLanne hits the nail on the head with his tips for being happy. Eat right and burst out into song every once in a while. Seriously, this would definitely…

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Jonathan
December 18, 2007Comments count 0

Merry Christmas

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” — Hamilton Wright Mabie

Jonathan
December 5, 2007Comments count 0

The Story of Stuff

I came across this on boingboing today. It’s an amazingly compelling description of the ludicrous cycle of consumption we’re in as a culture. It’s hard not to want to change…

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Jonathan
September 28, 2007September 26, 2015Comments count 1

Countdown to dead

I came across Kevin Kelly’s post on his “countdown to dead” and found it intriguing to have a daily reminder of my impermanence. Contemplating one’s own death is part of…

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Jonathan
June 9, 2007December 20, 2016Comments count 2

Walt Whitman

I came across this excerpt from a poem by Walt Whitman. This is the way to live. From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines, Going…

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Jonathan
March 14, 2007March 15, 2007Comments count 0

Pi Day

Today is Pi day in the US. That is, the date is 3-14, just like the number Pi (3.1415…). We celebrated with quiche for dinner and a blueberry pie for…

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Jonathan
January 22, 2007July 24, 2008Comments count 1

Stupid Birds!

The other day my daughter was looking up at the sky and said, “Stupid birds!” I asked what she meant, and she said that the birds were flying the wrong…

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Jonathan
November 1, 2006July 24, 2008Comments count 1

re-blogging

It’s so easy not to blog. But I had such high hopes when I started this blog about a year ago, so I don’t want to just let it go….

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The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

— William Connor Magee

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