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Waves and Life
Just another wave For more fantastic photos click here… Where do waves come from? And where do they go? Some are classically beautiful. Some are chaotic and messy. Some are shaped by offshore winds to elegant crests. Others are toppled by similar but onshore winds that steal their glory and spill them early into the Continue reading
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Travel: Am I Coming Home?
Seneca (with sunglasses) My favorite phrase currently is “I don’t know”. I say it with great pleasure in response to questions like: I say it most often to myself, as my brain runs off worried about this thing or that. I’ve always been a planner who also loves to let go and wander, explore, and Continue reading
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La Vita Nuova: Wonder and Surprise
I figured out what I’m doing! Both the Spotify and the YouTube algorithms are sometimes uncanny at finding the right media at the right time. This is probably because I feed them much more good data than anything else, but anyway, as we were awaiting our plane in Chiang Rai, YouTube suggested this video and Continue reading
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La Vita Nuova: What’s up with all the traveling?
Many people have noticed that I’ve been traveling quite a bit over the last year. Some of the thoughts are converging and I will be sharing more. I’ll keep this one relatively simple. I use “I” even though in many cases it’s “we”, but Jen can speak for herself. Reason one: learn about traveling Future Continue reading
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Life Lessons from the Passing Lane in the Suzuki
We just completed this 600 km loop as a fun excursion from our base of Chiang Mai and something that Jen can do as she recovers from her scooter accident. Despite a rental promise of a Toyota they gave us a very old and beat up Suzuki with 145,000 KM on it. It was fine Continue reading
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Facilitated Serendipity
I find that the more I plan, the more I seem to manifest spontaneous and serendipitous fun. Sitting at home might just result in some cool people stopping by with dinner and karaoke (you know who you are), but even that is the result of their planning and effort. Get yourself to a beach in Continue reading
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La Vita Nuova: Percebes in Portugal
The word “novus” is a Latin term that translates to “new” or “fresh” in English. It can refer to something that is recently created, introduced, or discovered. It can also indicate a sense of innovation or change. I like this word a lot. While enjoying summer by the pool here in Austin I was also Continue reading
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Happiness from Frogs to Monks
Quick Version: Types of Work I find there is a spectrum of work ranging from in the moment to far future tripping. In-the-moment work items are things that bring little bits of joy with every action, and generally make little bits of demonstrable progress. Let’s call this “Zen” work. In contrast, future-trip work has benefits Continue reading
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Remarkable Proportions: What is the opposite of “Faith”?
It is incredible how much the world is perfectly suited to the human form, or humans are suited to the world, depending on your preference. The vast majority is perfect for living and playing, and the extremes are perfect for challenging the limits of the species. It is also a remarkable time, with many of Continue reading
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Tea Cartel Drug Wars, or the Boston Tea Party
First, credit to Malcolm Gladwell and the Revisionist History podcast, my favorite along with SYSK. I encourage you to listen to them all and this this episode that inspired this post: http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/33-tempest-in-a-teacup. I started writing this with a preamble that grew into a longer post so I posted that separately: https://adoingword.com/2021/01/11/news-the-new-opium-of-the-people/ This is just a Continue reading
A Doing Word... 