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Can you really go back? – by Perpend. This is Part 2 of a series about Tradition. Check out Part 1 of the Series: Tradition – Embrace Sense of Self, Sense of Place, Sense of Time The Homesteader groups and Doomer Optimists on the Twittersphere (now “X”) have been musing for several months on Tradition: … Read more
Is Tradition Bad or Good? – by Scott Miller. In a post earlier this summer, I shared how the fleeting scent of lilacs took me back to being five years old in Dubuque, Iowa and an elderly neighbor who had lilacs. The memory was strong, with multiple veiled layers that include smells, and feelings, and … Read more
The Myths of Creativity “Sing in me, O Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end” – Homer’s “Odyssey”. People want to be inspired. We have an entire myth around creativity that anything artistic in our lives is the “creative spark”, … Read more
Musings from the Firepit – It’s late May and my wife and I are sitting around the fire pit on one of the few remaining cool nights before the heat sets in (tonight it will be in the mid to upper 40s in northeast Kansas). It’s a perfect night. My legs are warm and the … Read more
Are you allowed to say “I don’t know”? “The most elementary statement in science, the beginning of wisdom, is ‘I do not know’.” – Data, Star Trek: TNG. Not allowed to say “I don’t know” Believe it or not, we are not allowed to say “I don’t know” at work. Maybe not allowed, but it … Read more
Imparting a Sense of Place to Your Children The lilacs on the lilac bush are out in these last days of April. The smell unlocks a strong memory of me being five years old in Dubuque, Iowa and an elderly neighbor who had lilacs. I don’t remember much from that place, but this memory is still clear. But it is somehow deeper … Read more
Community and Fellowship Will Help You to Withstand the Tough Times By Perpend and Scott Miller. What is Community? What is your definition of Community? Is it: 1. a group of people living in the same place 2. a group of people having a particular characteristic in common. e.g. “the scientific community” 3. a feeling of … Read more
Focus on What Matters There it is again. My heart races for just a few moments. “What am I going to do about…?” the voice inside my head asks. Anxiety, you are a familiar “friend” in this New Normal, The Dim Age. But with “friends” like this, who needs enemies? Circle of Concern I stop … Read more
