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Sometimes people fancy themselves to have an inner compass or a true sense of direction. Sometimes they do. Part One – Wayfinding with Dad My dad fancied himself a preternatural woodsman. Someone who could enter the forest near our northwoods cottage and orient up and around rock outcrops, cedar thickets, and swamps. When we went…
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I love weddings. No matter the type of ceremony, religious or secular, indoor or outdoor, traditional or invented, in my experience there is just one wedding that is repeated over and over again. They all make me cry, in joy and a little longing for things imagined, things lost, and the potential of it all.…
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When I was young, we had to choose an instrument at school. I chose the flute, and was in the middle of the large pack of young ladies in band. Eventually I dropped out during high school, pursuing other activities instead. Although I was a mediocre musical student, I have always been grateful for my…
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I’m knitting a laceweight shawl/wrap. It has been both fun and challenging. The stitch pattern is easy (diagonal paired yarn-overs every 45-some stitches), but the needle is small and the yarn is very fine. I cast on 481 stitches to start, and I am knitting with a size 3 needle and will knit something like 1,500…
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I enjoyed a recent repeated episode from NPR’s On Being that discusses the way the brain works, and how we can choose influences for our brain. I identified just a little with Richard Davidson. The part that struck me was just a moment in the longer interview where he acknowledges how he kept two interests…
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I have been enjoying several things on the internet recently: Tumblr, and I have my own Tumblr feed where I sometimes reblog items like nature photography, cool posts from Jason Kottke, DIY crafts, environmental themed news, and more, Dave Pell’s NextDraft email newsletter – weekday email goodness (hat tip Jason Kottke), Longreads newsletter (great writing…