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Spring Break….
It’s spring break, Easter, Passover and we’ll be celebrating with family on the East Coast. Later in the car, we’ll be singing with Pete Seeger. I’ll be stitching more petals (although I’m still...
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Earworms, Patterns and the Zeigarnik Effect
Do you sometimes have a song stuck in your head; a song insidiously intruding into your thoughts, one that you can’t get rid of? In German that condition is called an earworm and according the...
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Backpacking or Bourbon Packing
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac Did Jack Kerouac travel with a suitcase? Only one week left until...
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Travel and Food
What do you eat when you’re on the road? Yesterday I cooked some food for our upcoming trip. In the past, I used to eat whatever it is that they serve on the airplane because I never planned in advance...
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Home Again
Usually, when I come back from a long trip, my house seems to me rather… improvised (read shabby) and I get anxious…..very anxious. This time was different. The improvised state of my home is the same...
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Responsibility
Image from the book “Time” by Andy Goldsworthy From an artist’s perspective: “There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in...
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Gee’s Bend and Looking Out the Window
Quilt from the Gee’s Bend Just a reminder. It’s Nov. 6 2012. Time to look outside one’s sewing basket. I can’t vote, because I didn’t get my citizenship in time. But if you can, please make your voice...
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Dopamine and Empathy
Yesterday night I discovered the answer on why I’m so driven to find questions and their answers on the internet; questions, that arise while looking for answers. And where did I find it? On the...
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Golf Balls and Beer
It’s almost December and as usual, despite promising myself every year that I’m not going to let it get to me, here I am again. There is a story, that helps me create an anchor for the end of the...
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Happy 2013
Wishing you all a peaceful, interesting, healthy and inspiring New Year! My blogging will be irregular, because life has become very busy – in a good way! Have a wonderful 2013 and I’ll see you here...
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