Wonder of Science • Great Twitter account. Love this post with a video of trees viewed from above: Crown shyness is a phenomenon where trees’ uppermost branches avoid touching, forming a delicate web of natural negative space. This is thought to be a growth response to prevent ongoing abrasion damage and potential pest invasion. Harmonoia def: • An…
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Oppenheimer • There aren’t many emails that make me want to immediately open and read; or save for later so I can give it full attention. The “Six at 6” emails from this young writer BIlly Oppenheimer (nothing to do with the movie or the physicist) are just so good.• This April 28 post looks at…
5 Pillars • On his 85th birthday (his last one), Carl Jung created a 5 pillar recipe for a good life. Arthur Brooks summarizes them and adds his own feedback in this Atlantic piece.1. Good physical and mental health2. Good personal and intimate relationships, such as those of marriage, family, and friendships3. Seeing beauty in art…
How to be more productive • I have posted about Cal Newport before. His book Deep Work is one of my favorites. The New Yorker just published his article about how to have a more productive year. (Yesterday he released a book called Slow Productivity). • Here are a few cool lines from the article: – Ideally, we want to prevent our days from…
Wisdom from Instagram • At bedtime the 8 yo told me his teacher said: “Think of your mind like a pond full of fish and each fish is a feeling. Try to be the pond, not the fish.” And all I can say is primary school has significantly improved. (Originally a Tweet by Megan K Stack). Grief…
Feel the Music • I was amazed to learn about Evelyn Glennie, a percussionist who performs solo all over the world with different orchestras and musicians. She also teaches and gives motivational speeches. In the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games (London), she led a thousand drummers. She won numerous awards for music from 1982 to 2023, and…
Wonderful Life • I didn’t know the actor Jimmy Stewart left a successful acting career to go to WWI, then insisted on moving to see more action. Apparently Its a Wonderful Life reignited a comeback to acting after the fought in WWII. He had some degree of PTSD from the war and people assert that his distress in the movie…
