December 2011
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My Favorite Music of 2011
Here is some of the music I had on heavy rotation in 2011, in no particular order. I hope you discover something that you may have missed. What were you listening to this year?
1. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
2. Wilco - The Whole Love
3. Joe Henry - Reverie
4. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
5. The Roots - undun
6. Bon Iver
7. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
8. Iron & Wine - Kiss...
NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2010 →
November 2010
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WatchA Slow Drag With Josephine
Great performance of a great new song by Elvis from his new album. (Bonus: my doppelganger on harmony vocals)
May 2010
1 post
WatchWilco - Country Disappeared | A Take Away Show (by La Blogotheque)
December 2009
2 posts
November 2009
3 posts
Appreciate Your Life by Maezumi Roshi →
Birches by Robert Frost (I was reminded today how...
When I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy’s been swinging them. But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay. Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning After a rain. They click upon themselves As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored As the stir cracks and crazes their...
October 2009
3 posts
The neuroscience of mindfulness →
September 2009
6 posts
12 Exercises for Mindful Parenting
by Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Try to imagine the world from your child’s point of view, purposefully letting go of your own. Do this every day for at least a few moments to remind you of who this child is and what he or she faces in the world.
Imagine how you appear and sound from your child’s point of view, i.e., having you as a parent today, in this moment. How might this modify how you carry...
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by...
Seth's Blog: The problem with positive thinking →
Chuck Klosterman Repeats The Beatles | Music |... →
via Aaron Cohen, aka @UnlikelyWords (http://Unlikelywords.com)
Brilliant
August 2009
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Watch
July 2009
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Simplicity Redefined: Be Open to What Emerges →
Great post about focusing on the moment vs. outcome. Refreshing change from the conventional wisdom of so-called productivity bloggers
Podcast Episode: Philosophers Notes: Do Your Own... →
Barefoot Books :: Help your child learn to love... →
WatchIf you read it on Twitter, it must be true: A moving tribute to Jeff Goldblum
Colbert Tells Viewers To Deny Rep. Cynthia Davis... →
Passed on from my friend @mpearl65.
June 2009
4 posts
Favorite Buddhist Books
A friend recently asked me for “…suggestions for reading about Buddhism…I found an elibrary for Buddhism and was consumed this weekend. I’d love your suggestions - really for anything related to Eastern Philosophy.”
Since I pulled together this list, I thought I’d share:
I guess it depends on what you’re after. If you’re looking for a more...
May 2009
2 posts
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the...”
