Two new websites of interest to Open Space Technology practitioners and friends. First, my friend Lisa Heft has finally got her consulting practice website up and running. After being in business for 30 years, she really knows what she is talking about and she is one of my all time favourite space openers. She has taught me, more than anything, how to model enthusiasm and cherish participants. Also, my other California friend (and close friend of Lisa) Jeff Aitken, has just launched his own weblog which is going to rock you. Jeff’s blog impresses me with his ability to hold …
Canada’s Best Blogs has just released the March list of the Top Blogs. These don’t mean anything other than the fact that the blogs have been nominated and judges liked what they saw. But the fun part is that Hockey Pundits, a group blog I am a part of, got picked this month. Congrats go out to all the Pundits who keep that group blog a fun place to write about hockey.
I’m off again on another business trip, this time to Fort St. John, British Columbia, located on the praries EAST of the Rockies. Yes, BC has praires too. A whole different kind of scenery than the Skeena Region. Following that, I’ll be in Kelowna. So in the absence of any meaningful blogging, here is my latest list of linkage, featuring 10 sites worth spending time on: A collection of Anarchist writings via plep Queen of Suffereing: A spiritual history of Korea via MetaFilter Grow…a game. via Bifurcated Rivets The Winning ways of Alinsky and Gandhi via Wealth Bondage The Nobel …
Narvaes Bay, Saturna Island by Toni Onley 1928-2004 March came in like a lamb here on the West Coast of Canada, but Toni Onley left life like a lion, roaring into the Fraser River in his float plane near Maple Ridge. Onley was one of Canada’s great painters, and he was a real bridge between generations. He painted with members of the Group of Seven including Varley and Jackson and was renowned for his contemplative renderings of the British Columbia coast. He loved flying, and had actually survived one previous crash 20 years ago on a glacier in the Coast …
More from JohnEngle through his personal website, which includes several pictures of life in Haiti, a good place to have a look and see what daily life is like there: preparing chicken for supper, feeding the cats and dogs and engaging in reflection circles. Despite the crises, it’s important to remember that there are many folks just doing what they do, and some of them embody the hope that Haiti needs.