Everyone has, or ought to have, a superhero alter ego, right? I’ve been dreaming up a supergirl for Project Simplify for at least a couple of years now. I’m still not sure how she’ll be plugging in to the grand scheme of things, but I thought the time ripe to at least make her presence [...]

coeficiente de reflexión

Originally uploaded by bachmont

If I were a lake–besides the point that this is a rather improbable proposition–if I were a lake and I could feel the surface of my waters… what would it feel like?
Rough and rocky like white caps? Calm and flowing like ripples? Still like a glassy surface?
Last Tuesday I [...]

A week of life, death, and rebirth.

Sunrise Over Barcelona

Originally uploaded by papalars

One friend is healthy after giving birth to a baby boy.
Another friend’s husband took his own life.
Our country just entered a new, and significant, chapter in history.
This being the kind community that it is, dinner rotation’s have been filled for both. A dinner [...]

For a small community, my little town rocks. A couple hundred people showed up this morning at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City for the live broadcast of Barak Obama’s first official day on the job.
A bunch of us don’t have TVs so watching the inauguration at home wasn’t even an option. But there [...]

foam galaxy

Originally uploaded by Diego Cupolo

Skim the scum. I like it. I mean, yeah, it’s kind of gross but hey, it’s effective.
It’s the same concept as clearing the clutter to get to the good stuff. “Clearing the clutter to get to the good stuff” is so long and clunky.
Diclib.com translates the spanish word [...]

Change.org is collecting support for the return of the Victory Garden. They remind us that “First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt planted a Victory Garden on the White House lawn in 1943 over the objections of the USDA” Go Eleanor!!
Being a fan of locally grown organic produce, I’d love to see the new White House inhabitants set [...]

little green book

Originally uploaded by shonski

Big change on the daily morning planning front. Swapped evening for morning. WhooBoy. Look out. There are already so many things to do in the morning, that doing planning and downloading-from-the-previous-day was either forced or not happening.
Consciously adopting a new habit is an interesting proposition. By taking a conscious [...]