I found myself deep in it this past weekend. Inertia. My particular case was mental inertia. High minded goals stalled out. Some things completed, but much still to do. With a little faith and patience and some love too, I came out the other side. Then I fell back in again, into the funk. When …
Category: science
Indigo, I Didn’t Know
Snakes That Eat Other Snakes Could Help Birds in the South | Audubon By restoring the country's indigo snake population, scientists hope to bring balance to ecosystems—potentially benefiting songbirds. — Read on http://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2018/snakes-eat-other-snakes-could-help-birds-south
2020, The Earth, We humans, and, change is a coming, change is now
Three great examples of our home planet changing, three great voices to tell the stories, NPR Short Wave does it again. one.npr.org/i/795017172:797141313
Science is Cool
When you have a few minutes, take a listen…this story is FOR SURE worth your time. This is how we learn. There is a story that grabs us, and then the facts, and the data behind it. And thus, the lesson. Very cool. From the intro on the NPR Short Wave website, it reads: "In …
Storytelling and the Power of Narrative
"Stories are a mechanism that human beings have evolved to package information, explain who we are, how we survived, how we have coped, sometimes succeeded, sometimes not so much. And then, [S]tories help us in sharing that information across time and space.” Liz Neeley, from the Story Collider. One note, thought on the ethics of …
Space junk: humans affect on our planet, and beyond
"Space may be infinite, but the space we use right around earth is pretty finite." The following podcast gives a great overview of another profound impact humans have had all our world, and the stratosphere, and beyond perhaps. Definitely worth 10 minutes of your time or so. Climate change isn't the only thing we need …
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“White Noise”
I’ve relished it since I was a kid. The National Sleep Foundation defines “white noise” as that which reduces the difference between background sounds and “peak” sounds. Whatever you call it, I love it. As a kid it was the central air system fan in our house running in the early morning. Now it’s the …
Camaraderie First
What matters most at work? I mean, besides doing the tasks you’re paid to do? I think it's the relationships we have at work. I think it's the camaraderie. What do I mean by that? I think it boils down to common purpose, and people working together for the common cause and getting better together. …
‘‘Tis The Season
So much wrapped up in the holidays, so many directions, so many feelings, so much good, if we let it be. Lights shining bright, red and green, with plenty others in between. Lights to celebrate the season, the reasons are many, the struggles many too. Plenty to do, people to see, greetings to share, things …
Roll With It
There’s plenty of wisdom wrapped up in the simple phrase: “Roll with it” ... So many references, but the concept is the same. It’s something like, “as a situation plays out and you have little or no leverage or influence that can change the immediate outcome, go with that outcome, accept it in the present, …
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