I walk to keep my back feeling better, to shake off some of the despair of the pandemic, and to plan what to write when not in front of my screen with the blank whiteness telling me I’m empty when I’m not. This morning I walked in the sunny chill. As I crested a wooded… Continue reading This morning’s walk
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‘We alone’ endanger ourselves
And yet if we persist in believing that we alone, living in whatever culture we’re from, are right, and that we therefore have no need to listen to anyone else’s stories, stories that we often can’t quite understand and so are unwilling to discuss, we endanger ourselves. Barry Lopez, Horizon, pp 45-6. Right now, I’m… Continue reading ‘We alone’ endanger ourselves
Do you lead by coercion or mediation?
But since Clark’s triumphs were those of a war leader, that is, the products of fear, pain, and opportunity, they were not stable. Clark’s mistake was to think them the larger triumphs of alliance.” Richard White, The Middle Ground (20th anniversary edition, 2011) p. 371 I’m reading, at Dave’s cousin Toby’s excellent suggestion, The Middle… Continue reading Do you lead by coercion or mediation?
Seen Online: When the Motor Stops
Loved this video from Doner for its beauty and storytelling: poignant and resonant.
Wisdom of Trees – An Eternal Optimist Waits for Better Times
In a difficult year, trees may increase their mass by less than one gram! During this time, the tree devotes its limited resources to maintaining the status quo. Like an eternal optimist, the tree concentrates on keeping itself alive until such time that conditions improve. Peter E. Kelly and Douglas W. Larson, The Last Stand:… Continue reading Wisdom of Trees – An Eternal Optimist Waits for Better Times