Monthly Archives: August 2014

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August 31 , 2014 /

IMAGINARY BOUNDARIES

Part of my morning meditation included reading this article by Margaret Wheatley: //www.mindful.org/at-work/leadership/webs-boxes-and-boundaries and that took me back to all the times we have crossed a border, north, south, east or west.  What I found was that regardless of country, language or culture, people are all of the same species, homo sapiens, although one has

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August 30 , 2014 /

SMALL HOUSE MOVEMENT

SMALL HOUSE MOVEMENT – Check it out on a web search.  Fascinating and appealing, at least to some of us older folks who have lived in larger houses, in different places over the years.  We often hear people talking about “downsizing” and we all know what that means.  I like to refer to it as

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August 17 , 2014 /

BIRTH OF A SCHOOL

On Thursday, August 14, I was witness to an historic occasion of a school being born.  This was the third such opportunity in my career and while each one was quite different, as you will see in a moment, there were also some surprising similarities.  What we might learn from these occasions will depend on

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August 3 , 2014 /

OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINED THOUGHT

FOG The origin of the word is obscure but we all know its meaning. It is usually associated with damp, moist and thick air where Sound travels better although it might seem muffled. Apparently the drops of water in fog are not connected And it’s really hard to see (or think) in a very thick

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