For Poetry Month
Poetry found in New York City's subway. You can see more of the discoveries at [365 Day Subway: Poems by New Yorkers](http://www.poemsbynewyorkers.com)…
Sauntering with Thoreau
> "It is a great art to saunter." #Thoreau [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Thoreau&src=hash] #Quote [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Quote&src=hash] — Henry David Thoreau (@ThoreauPage) April 6, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ThoreauPage/statuses/452917024411639808] Ths has more than one level of…
Environmental Responsibility
I saw a bunch of stuff about Jane Goodall's birthday yesterday and paid it no mind. Then I read this. > Pause-giver of the day http://t.co/DDMpaiZZjA — Explore (@Explorer) April 4, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Explorer/statuses/451881606404653056] The message links to this quotation. >With…
In my end is my beginning...
> Sometimes I encounter evidence that I've learned something over the years. This confuses me, since I thought I knew everything back then. — Anil Dash (@anildash) April 4, 2014 [https://twitter.com/anildash/statuses/451959849937813504] Yesterday I was surprised to find evidence not necessarily that I've…
Quiet
> "The greatest act of kindness on the Internet is to be quiet… listen and learn before expressing outrage or anger." http://t.co/pDiausvNMG — Maria Popova (@brainpicker) April 3, 2014 [https://twitter.com/brainpicker/statuses/451801568619544576] I'm waiting to see Susan Cain's retweet…
Meanwhile, back in the northern hemisphere
It's spring, and time for an expedition north of the rquator. Ben Saunders tipped me off to Project Hope(http://en.expedition-hope.org), a skiing trip from the North Pole to Ottawa to raise awareness of global warming and the melting of the ice caps. > Heading off…
Bionic Olympics Coming
> Switzerland Will Host the First Bionic Olympics in 2016 http://t.co/HEYafs6BMe — Berci Meskó, MD, PhD (@Berci) March 30, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Berci/statuses/450182465605214208]…
Speaking of Scott...
> Blimey. A friend of my mum's has a copy of The Worst journey in the World signed by two of Scott's men pic.twitter.com/gHTUwiZMOU [http://t.co/gHTUwiZMOU] — Ben Saunders (@polarben) March 29, 2014 [https://twitter.com/polarben/statuses/450040276049219584]…