Out At The Edge of The Scenting Universe Wondering What it All Means
When you click on the links in these posts your purchases help support this blog. You can also support the blog by clicking here. What is one of your favorite childhood play memories? Mine is from my youth in West Fargo, North Dakota. We had a small tool shed in the backyard with a shingled... Continue Reading →
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Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows. - Nisargadatta Maharaj There are nothing but gifts on this poor, poor Earth - Czeslaw Milosz My Optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. - Henry Rollins The day before I got the message that Tucker... Continue Reading →
After completing the highly entertaining and enlightening book, An Immense World by Ed Yong, I was browsing at a small book shop on a family trip when a white hardcover book with a one word title slipped behind and between triple images of a cheetah in stride caught my eye. That book is Sentient by... Continue Reading →
"The proximate cause of joy is concentration." - Chade-Meng Tan; author, Joy on Demand Maybe two out of a thousand humans will say that their dogs do not love scent work. How do so many of us know that our dogs love scent work? Perhaps we see the concentration involved in solving a scent puzzle.... Continue Reading →
I've been lucky enough to have two dogs in my adult life live to 17+. I never take tomorrow for granted, and especially so with a dog. In Part 2 of my breakdown of Josh Waitzkin's book, The Art Of Learning, Josh discusses the importance of depth over breadth when pursuing exceptional performance. A long... Continue Reading →
We left off from part 1 of our exploration of Josh Waitzkin's book, The Art Of Learning with Josh discovering a deepening love for chess, while at the same time losing his competitive edge. In part 2, Josh discovers eastern philosophy and Tai Chi, starting him on a new journey of self-discovery and mastery through... Continue Reading →
I've loaned people (borrowed if you're from MN) the book, The Art of Learning, by Josh Waitzkin. I fully expect all eyes that read those pages to weep with joy. Josh shares his journey with such clarity and insight you can feel his experiences radiating off the page. Yes, this book is about performance, but... Continue Reading →
Awareness is such an easy word to say. It hitches a ride on the exhalation of a breath. Awareness. What are we to be aware of? Author Gregg Braden has a potential answer in his interesting book, The Divine Matrix, and it's an easy phrase: everything is connected. Back in September I got a call... Continue Reading →
This is a brief post to suggest you get a copy of How To Speak Whale. The book is an exploration into the evolving interests and efforts of humans to decode the sounds and behaviors of animals into a language, hopefully creating a deeper understanding and connection between humans and other species on the planet.... Continue Reading →
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