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Branches cracking after an early morning downpour. The ravens are hoarse in their calls. The sun is burning off the fog. # When are we going to get serious? http://vivmcwaters.com.au/2011/07/04/when-are-we-going-to-get-serious/ # The wisdom of starting over: every small adjustment to the beginning determines how it will go. Get the start right, over and over again. # Wednesday or Thursday or Friday, my time.. # Anyone know what the #whitecapsfc plans for a soccer stadium are now? Grid iron lines on a soccer pitch make my eyes barf. # Is there other street food in Vancouver? I don't know because I …
Come an join Teresa Posakony, Tenneson Woolf, Caitlin Frost and me for an Art of Hosting learning retreat on our home island, Bowen Island, near Vancouver this October. Held at Rivendell, atop Cates Hill, this Art of Hosting will explore recent work and learning about self-organization, participatory leadership and community resiliency. We will explore a number of participatory facilitation methods, engage in personal reflective practice using The Work of Byron Katie and delve into models of systems change being developed through the Berkana Institute. For registration information, visit the Berkana website, and please consider joining us for a power …
“Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the power of speech was arrived at. Perhaps that is why we are so subtly influenced by it. There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.” — Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet
Sweet start today at #alia2011 ceremony and play and preparing for a field trip tomorrow to ancient earthworks for solos. # My #alia2011 is over. Sweet goodbyes to all for another year. Swift travels and deep gratitude! # Home and awake to chilly sea air, blooming foxgloves and hummingbirds in the honeysuckle. The next rhythm in the year begins. # Global Warming Effects – Global Warming Climate Hot Map http://www.climatehotmap.org/ # Breakfast http://post.ly/2Jox3 #