Thinking these days about home. Last week I was in Prince George working with people who are establishing an Aboriginal school in that city. I went from there to working with coaches who support Jewish day schools in the United States and Canada. In both places I felt at home, among people who lived out of a deep worldview, an ancient language and culture and way of life that included spirituality (but not religion per se). In each case we began with prayers and teachings – from a Lhedli T’enneh Elder in Prince George and in Boston …
A dear friend of mine, Chris Coon, has just released an album of music inspired by the Odyssey. Called “License to Depart” it’s a very cool album featuring a bunch of well known Bowen Island musicians and Chris’s distinctive guitar, drums and David Sylvian inspired vocals. I contributed some flute fills to the track Odysseus Gates, which you can hear at his MySpace page. Its a mix of prog rock, ambient wash and whimsey. You can hear more tracks and find out more at his website.
Fruits of the feed: BY-YOUR-⌘ posts a Moon-set on flickr Jack Ricchiuto on four important conversations Rob Paterson’s remarkable harvest from the 2008 Boyd Conference Dirk Buchholz and his blog MediaBuzzard. A new one to me covering progressive Canadian politics. Susan Szpakowski on doing more with less in process and organizational design
This weeks gems plucked from the vine of RSS. Eli Gerzon on worldschooling Shawn Callahan on the Cynefin framework Jordon Cooper‘s recession survival guide. Rob and Laurel Bailey, my neighbours on Bowen Island, have taken their family to India in search of real Indian food and has a BRILLIANT blog charting their journey. Food, meets travel, meets young family. A daily must read for me.