It is snowing heavily here in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and most people are doing what people here do when it snows like this – staring at it, making comments to each other and abandoning their plans for getting home on time. Heavy snow here can bring out irritation and anger, but today I have been struck by how beautiful people look. There is a lot of smiling and laughing and radiance today. Dunno why it seems that way, but I like it. I’m falling deeply in like with everyone I meet this afternoon!
Ever had a day like that?
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
My 14 colleagues, fellow students, peers, all women, all full of promise. I never knew any of them but their deaths touched me deeply.
I’ll never forget December 6, 1989.
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.