New moon, it’s been calm, very cool tide lines on the shore.

Runoff

Spring beach

From The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Any More by Ron Brown

Sometimes I want to disappear into a game. I found a new free one that I’m really enjoying on the Switch, but there’s a mobile version as well. It’s calming and quite beautiful.

“library worker” = Aldon ❤️

A great article from Raptitide: Social Media is the Opposite of Social Life

Go for a walk in the rain, attract the attention of deer…

Happy 75th birthday to my sweet mama.

Taking the red-eye back east means the entire day is a write off.

A week of family fun, over in a flash

Time goes by so fast.

A Good Friday

I know meditation is good for me, but I’ve struggled to practice with any consistency. I sat for 10 minutes every day in March with a free trial of this app: The Way (great name!)

I have no intention of paying for it, but the lessons I received have been impactful and I do plan to continue daily practice with or without the app.

If you want to give it a go, here are 30 free sessions on The Way: https://the-way.app.link/gift

Airport pick-up

Our last night housesitting.

I rarely watch online videos anymore, but every so often something crosses my radar that seems worth a few minutes of my time, and today it was this ad, made by the Norwegian Consumer Council:

I watched it twice! Once with the sound off at work, and it was funny enough to watch again with Aldon when I got home (sound on).

There’s an accompanying article that’s worth a gander as well

Digital products and services keep getting worse. A new report from the Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) shows how this phenomenon – known as enshittification – affects both consumers and society at large, but that it is possible to turn the tide. 

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Woke up to maybe a centimeter of snow this morning. “Oh that’s not so bad!”

20 minutes later: blizzard. Total whiteout. About 4” in under 2 hours. and then it stopped and the sun came out.

Welcome to Spring!

When I need to relax, focus or calm my nervous system, I enjoy listening to soundscapes. My source of choice is myNoise.net

I like the customization and fullness of sound – many captured on location in real places.

May these gathered moments encourage you to explore your own creativity and commune with the beauty and inspiration dwelling in your everyday life and world. May you feel moved to notice little things and document them carefully, experiencing your life as a work of art, magical and worthy of your attention. In doing so, you will live in perennial connection with the wonders of your own being, knowing the joy of life on earth.

We are here to live, and the richness of our lives opens up to us when we choose to land willingly in the present moment.

May this book gently but unequivocaly call you to inhabit the visceral, magical, sensuous and exploratory experience of being human. Within these pages may you see aspects of your own nature and aspirations mirrored back to you as you dive more deeply into all there is to know and love of life.

Blessed Ostara, Happy Spring, ecstatic equinox!

The newsletter (love letter) is back!

My fifty-first birthday started with a walk – thanks, Joker!

And ended with a delicious meal – thanks, Aldon!