Better Than a Crocus Blossom
/This is a day of joy! Better than even a crocus blossom, the bold clock hands skip a beat (or 60) and jump ahead and shout for joy that spring is here and there is no turning back! Hooray!
Read MoreShort & Sweet (Sometimes Sour) Noticing Essays
Can We Put a Yellow Flower into Each Gun Barrel?
/I hate to admit this to you, my dear Noticers, but I have been kind of down in the mouth. I generally think of myself as a sort of happy, yellow flower type of person, trying to Notice the positive. So my mood lately is disturbing me.
Read MoreStuck On Just Shouting “Yea!”
/Sublime joy, excitement, pride, delight, glee, jubilance, gratification, elation, wonder!
Read MoreThe Baseball Game
/The breeze is cool and the sunshine is bright. It is an absolutely perfect day at the ballpark! Junk food and beer! Peanuts, cracker jacks, and ice cream make a wonderful lunch. Ok, for those who care about protein, go ahead and have your dog.
Read MoreA Reason to Notice
/Well, well, well. Work-life balance issues are in the news again thanks to an article in the Atlantic magazine by Anne-Marie Slaughter. It’s always a good thing to have this issue in the forefront. The only thing better would be not to have it in the forefront.
Read MoreIt’s Hard to Imagine this Unintended Consequence!
/So, although this is old news, I’m still thinking about the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. You probably know that scientists think that the special oil-eating bacteria that live in the depths of the Gulf ate a lot of the oil.
Read MoreMore Radical Amazement about Multiverses….or maybe… Duh! Don’t we already know this?
/I like to be smart. I am not often wholly successful. I was reading a review of The Hidden Reality, a new book by a theoretical physicist named Brian Greene. It appears that Brian is talking about “multiverses” as opposed to THE universe.
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