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Macfarlane’s Remarkable Twitter Feed: Flashes of Illumination about Landscape and the Human Heart

Though we’re not fans of Twitter, we are enthralled by British writer Robert Macfarlane’s feed for its remarkable ability to connect us to nature, landscape, heart…

The Slowdown: A 5-Minute Literary Once-a Day Multivitamin for the Soul

The Slowdown, a daily 5-minute long podcast from U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, is remarkable in its power to truly slow down time and transport you OUT of the busy mulit-tasking present.

Jocelyn Glie’s Newsletter: Ideas for Finding Creativity and Meaning Delivered to Your Inbox

Among the email newsletters I subscribe to, From the Curious Mind of Jocelyn K. Glei is one where I always find something that challenges my thinking and/or makes my life better.

How to Find Nothing But Poems in the Course of Your Day

At poet Ocean Vuong’s tumblr, we found this mind-shifting post…

A Powerful Question that Cuts Through the Noise

We invite you to ask this question when editing your life down to what is really important, including where you spend your time —and money— online.

Breathe In Blessings (Anne Herbert)

Floating in the internet on an ancient, dormant site called yowow, we found the perfect blessing by the late Anne Herbert…

Opened at Random: The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit

This morning we opened The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit at random and found this…

What to Eat When Hiking Naked and Other Essential Info

While reviewing Greenbelly Meal Bars, I also found a trove of useful information about navigating the outdoors with pleasure and ease. Even naked.

Find Your Address As It Was Millions of Years Ago (+ Other Perspective Expanders)

Type in any modern address to see it on earth millions of years ago, for a powerful shift of view. Then read what poet Gary Snyder has to say…

‘Nitch’ is Worth Checking Into Daily for Ballast and Uplift

The most refreshing and instantly illuminating site we’ve seen lately is Nitch, rich with unexpected little blasts of unique perspectives and ideas…

How to Be a Friend to Yourself (with Fab Tiny Playlist)

We really like School of Life’s potent little video, How To Be a Friend to Yourself, something MANY people we know have a hard time doing. We made a tiny playlist to go with it.

Birdsong Radio Wakes You UP in the Best Possible Way

How did we forget about the great birdsong.fm, the site that streams only birdsong. Listening to the music of birds first thing in the morning woke us UP in the best way possible. Our friend Josh Eisen described its mighty effect perfectly..

What Writing Scripts for AI Taught Her About Humans and Art

In describing what writing lines for AI like Siri is like, Mariana Lin nails what human to human communication actually does.

Get Your Financial Act Together with Mr. Money Mustache

We’ve discovered that, even with our very creative, non-linear artist’s brain, we can learn to manage our financial ecosystem IF we have the right teacher. Here’s a good place to start.

Unique, Cheap, Full-of-Wonder Last Minute Gift: Improvised Life

If you’re looking for an instant, inexpensive, totally unique last-minute gift that is full of wonders, give your brilliant someone a subscription to Improvised Life: a month —$1.99— or a year —$18— of view-shifting tools and ideas…

Debra Rapoport’s Powerful 111-Word Philosophy of Living

We haven’t got a thing to add to artist Debra Rapoport’s perfect, powerful 111-word philosophy of living (except to make a big loud sign out of part of it):

Listening to Scents, Falling Asleep to Their Descriptions, Laughing

Deciphering the fragrance notes in the perfume samples I order from Twisted Lily is akin to listening with every sense. It is incredibly fun, as is reading their dreamy descriptions, and the New Yorker’s brilliant riff.

The Value of Objects I Can’t Afford

One of the most curious, charming and compelling blogs I’ve come across lately is Objects I Can’t Afford. The title page says “Welcome to my on-going wish list of things that are juuust out of my budget”…It’s an amazingly clarifying head trip.

Improvised Life’s Very Quiet Birthday Celebration

July 4th was Improvised Life’s birthday, the day, eight years ago I pressed PUBLISH and took the site live in what seemed like a giant leap. How the 4,000 articles in its archive has come remains something of a mystery…

My Favorite Sandwich via ‘What’s Your Favorite Sandwich?’

When I was invited to share my favorite sandwich on Your Favorite Sandwich podcast, my personal history of sandwiches flew through my head. Then I landed on a doozy.

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