In the woods we return to reason and faith. – Emerson I was hiking with my favorite twelve year old in a glorious redwood forest, where we saw trees sprouting from trees sprouting from trees. Upon seeing a largish spruce that was rooted in a fallen redwood, he wondered how many long-ago layers […]
On Tuesday, I was stopped mid-scroll by a posting of the astounding conehead mantis, perched like a showy supermodel on a twig. On Thursday, I was halted mid-run by the buzz of honeybees over my head, gathering pollen from the fleeting blossoms of the saguaro cactus. And just this evening, I was paused in my […]
Character is habit long continued. – Plutarch I just love it when an essential concept can be found across lots of different dimensions of life. Everywhere I looked this week, the power of habit, and of compounding. shone through. A company grew at a modest 5 percent […]
Every spring, there’s a weekend in May when the violets and lily of the valley are both in bloom, and I search in the back of the cabinet for the mini elephant-shaped creamer to hold a teeny tiny bouquet, which then fills the entire room with fragrance. During the following week, I smile every […]
The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms. – Matsuo Basho This week I’ve been part of two celebrations of extended commitment, and both have illuminated a quiet, steady, durable form of leadership, the kind that compounds over days and months and years into something monumental. What a joy to see […]
That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet. – Emily Dickinson Like a lot of folks, I’ve spent some time lately experimenting with new AI tools and pondering all of the possibilities, the perilous and the profound. One application with a real squirm factor is whether AI tools […]
My work includes a focus on climate solutions, which means I’m sometimes immersed in technocratic debates that seem removed from the world we actually inhabit. Other conversations center entirely on risks and suffering, offering loop-de-loops of endless anxiety. Regardless of professional setting, these two extremes are familiar to most of us these days. All brain can […]
“Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.” – Anne Lamott, Help. Thanks. Wow. Saturday morning, on a layover halfway to my destination, […]
How fortunate I am to be part of the Bioneers community, a group that is unafraid to grieve, unafraid to celebrate, unafraid to dream, unafraid to work towards what might be possible. What’s possible is not static. What’s possible is ever changing. Some pathways grow thorny, while others suddenly clear. Dear ones, it’s time […]
In these darkest days of the year, as the holiday hubbub subsides, there is nothing like the comfort of curling up with a great book. I’m happy to share a few favorites here, a mix of new issues and old friends.Here’s to the solstice, the return of the light!