Several posts separated these two in my Tumblr stream— At Book Mania [http://bookmania.me/post/105065833317/from-a-field-guide-to-getting-lost-by-rebecca] At On Being [http://blog.onbeing.org/post/105051767051/sometimes-beauty-comes-from-unexpected-places-an?utm_campaign=SharedPost&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=TumblriOS] > I never wanted to be a vagabond; An aimless wanderer…
> A great story, then, is not about providing information, though it can certainly inform — a great story invites an expansion of understanding, a self-transcendence. More than that, it plants the seed for it and makes it impossible to do anything but grow a new understanding — of the world, of…
Via Poets and Writers [http://poetsandwriters.tumblr.com/post/105026473196/dont-settle-dont-finish-crappy-books-if-you] , Chris Brogan raises the stakes for the Rule of Fifty— > “Don’t settle. Don’t finish crappy books. If you don’t like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you’re not on the right path, get off…
Then vote > The level at which our government has repeatedly failed us is staggering. But we elected them. Remember that. #2016OrBust [https://twitter.com/hashtag/2016OrBust?src=hash] — Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) December 9, 2014 [https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer/status/542379593370312705]…
Edward Fields read his poem Envoi on Prairie Home Companion last night. I don't know that I always manage to maintain his perspective. Maybe when I reach eighty-something > ENVOI > At 87, it’s hard to believe, but I simply have no complaints. I’m a pretty…
Years ago, I heard someone pass on this thought of Lee Iacocca— > Every day in America, 242 million people wake up, and if everyone would say when he gets up that he’s going to do some classy, quality thing today that he didn’t do yesterday, we’d…
> "A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well." - Jeff Bezos — Stokefire Branding (@stokefire) December 6, 2014 [https://twitter.com/stokefire/status/541351376148647936]…
I started my holiday baking with something that is new and ambitious, the Obsessivore's Fruitcake [http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/the-obsessivores-fruitcake] from Bon Appétit. The recipe is written like a bread—you add a tiny amount of yeast and work the dough like a bread—but there'…