Hello friends, and greetings from a once-again snowy Boulder CO. I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I do know that something’s happening. As I read in the Tim Ferris newsletter that pushed me into taking the coronavirus disease more seriously, “Hope is not a strategy.” As I imagine many of you found this weekend, grocery stores …
Last week I enrolled in an online writing class called Write of Passage. The first assignment was to write about my personal most frequently asked question. In other words, what is a question that I get asked often? What answer or statement would I have for which it would behoove me to have a website I …
Hello friends! Greetings from Tulum, Mexico. Although I don’t hate snow and cold, I LOVE 70/80/90 degree weather (especially the 90s). Throw in some 75 degree ocean water and I’m pretty stoked about life. Taking a short-notice long weekend to help celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday has been one of the smarter things I’ve done in …
Like me – and probably like you – my friend Tara is interested in how technology is affecting all of us. Unlike me (and probably unlike you) Tara works in technology, creating online learning environments. I’m hoping she’ll write within this newsletter at some point but in the meantime, it was her reference to the …
Hello friends! Happy Monday from snowy Boulder CO. An “odditree” is a tree, or part of a tree, that deviates from what is to be expected—and is most often an internal response to external conditions.– Odditree Society, Austin TXWhy is this early February edition of Mindful Mondays about trees? It has to do with the not-so-veiled metaphorical …
The idea of personal freedom has been showing up a lot for me lately. After 20 years of struggling with drinking, I got sober in August 2010. I lived in New York City at the time. On the streets of the city I sometimes came across very large solid steel sheets that (presumably) covered big holes in …
Hello, and greetings from Boulder CO! Happy MLK Jr., Day and welcome to the fourth edition of Mindful Mondays. If this is your first one, please know that you are more than welcome to simply reply to this email with any comments or questions, I’d love to hear from you. I work an unconventional schedule and until …
Happy New Year! January 6th is a big day. Not only is it the first Mindful Monday of 2020, it’s also a few other things…Three Kings’ DayIn many countries January 6th is the Feast of the Epiphany, or Three Kings’ Day, the day the three kings arrived at baby Jesus’ manger and annointed him “King of …
Given that you may have been in pre-Christmas runaround mode last Monday, much of this week’s newsletter will be similar to last week’s. Along with few year-end tasks that need to be completed, my personal focus is mainly on what I’d like the coming year to look like. As I wrote about last week, for the past …
This post was originally sent as our Mindful Mondays newsletter on December 23, 2019. Join us! You can sign up on the sidebar or here.Hello hello! There is some New Year’s Resolution related material further on down this email, but first… * * *As we approach Christmas day I’d like to welcome you to Mindful Mondays 🙂This …
