morning poem: cheetahs running in slow motion

(Video link here.) We’ve watched this slow-motion footage of cheetahs running flat-out several times already. It is just BEAUTIFUL and made us wonder where such a thing could have come from. Who dreamed up that wondrous spotted fur, flight taken with each stride? We figured it would be a perfect morning “poem” for today: a language…

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‘the world sends us garbage, we send back music.’

(Video link here.)  Susan Dworski alerted us to this stunning video, in an email with the subject line: “ah, the improvisational human spirit”.  It’s about a remarkable orchestra from a remote village in Paraguay — a slum built on landfill — where its young musicians play with instruments made from foraged trash. The village’s inhabitants…

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improv personal style: one shirt worn 50 ways

A reader recently alerted us to Bea Johnson, creator of the website Zero Waste Home, who challenged herself to wear a single man’s shirt in 50 different iterations, as part of her committment to a zero waste lifestyle:  Great inspiration, and many iterations look so wearable and comfortable. Reminds me of Audrey Hepburn and her oversize…

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last chance to win: ‘canal house cooks every day’

Tomorrow, December 5th, at midnight is the absolute final deadline for entering our giveaway of the great Canal House Cooks Every Day, Christopher Hirscheimer and Melissa Hamilton’s inspiring, user-friendly cookbook. It’s a beaut, a cookbook definitely to have and definitely to give. Read a bit about the book and check out the super easy rules…

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reader’s improv: rubber-stamps from carved erasers

In response to our Dangerous Paths post, graphic designer and illustrator Susan Dworski sent us wonderful email: Several years ago I illustrated an 18th century Japanese saying using watercolors and rubber stamps made from hand carved, Staedtler Mars Erasers. The message reverberates across time. The message not only reverberates BIG TIME, but so does the idea of carving…

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