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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…
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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…
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Loved this video from Doner for its beauty and storytelling: poignant and resonant.
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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:…
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If I limit my access to social and news apps and open the window to the outdoors, I do better. The window lets in the feel and sound of the wind, the glint of water droplets on spruce needles, the brown-eyed wariness of the deer, the quick boldness of the robin, the optimism of the…
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Over the last several years, I have been focused on Matterhorn by Court Innovations, so my recent posts have been elsewhere. Here are posts I’ve written on the getMatterhorn site. [Edited: Looks like the site has changed so these are no longer available.] Take a look at our webinars and customer testimonial videos on its…
