Thoreau yourself in the snow.
Many centuries ago, zen monks of the Rinzai school disavowed the notion of man’s superiority to animals, plants, water, fire, or even the earth itself. These monks spent years communing…
Tag: nature
Suburban lawns and Kim Kardashian: a comparison.
First, the lawn. According to noted biologist Edward O. Wilson, “Lawns are a monoculture of alien species, a rapacious consumer of water, and require toxic chemicals to maintain which eventually…
Wear-a-Mask Wednesday: Henry Bergh
Henry Bergh? Who is that, you ask? Here’s a hint: This man with the drooping mustache was a dog’s best friend. And a cat, horse, gerbil, parakeet… Any animal you…
Look outside yourself.
According to the market research group Nielsen, American adults now spend more than 11 hours per day watching, reading, listening to or simply interacting with media. 11 hours! That leaves…
Open doors for others. Walk through them yourself.
If you find it getting stuffy in your home, office, car or — most especially — cranium, take a cue from Aldous Huxley and open some doors. Now we don’t…