On this Columbus Day, I share the story of Christopher Columbus’s letter. For years, royal courts had rejected his proposals for an expedition to get to the Far East by going west across the Atlantic. The royals’ advisors knew about … Continued
This post contains two follow-ups to my September, 2024 essay,Toward a Commons culture. My essay, Toward a Commons culture, led to an invitation from journalist, Lucas Tauil, to be the first guest on his podcast, Entangled Futures. Lucas is a … Continued
A section of road we drive is exactly aligned east/west. During the equinoxes, we drive straight into the blinding sun rising due east and, in the evening, straight into the blinding sun setting due west. After the Spring Equinox, we … Continued
At the end of May I went kayaking in the Warner Wetlands with two friends. (Some images below) One thing I enjoyed was watching how their minds started wrestling with the same thoughts I wrestled with the first time I … Continued
When we started thinking of buying a piece of land to live on, we read a book that recommended walking on the land several times and camping on it before making an offer. So we did. The evening we camped, … Continued
After finally getting Toward a Commons culture online, I celebrated by going out to Ahjumawi for three days of kayak camping. On the second day, coming back from a long, before-sunrise to midday drift through the marsh, I lay down … Continued
Table of Contents for the longest ever posting to my blog Toward a Commons culture An Anthem for the Commons Announcing the Third Edition of Shifting/Seeing Nature Snippets: Andromeda Galaxy unit The Techno-Optimist Manifesto Toward a Commons culture Offering A … Continued
Chrysalis goes on two school camping trips each year. I go on most of them. After the skits at the Saturday evening campfire, I tell a story. Here is a paraphrase of the story I told this week. “When I … Continued
I received this email from one of my former Chrysalis eighth-graders. A wonderful, confirming video and a wonderful back and forth gift-giving between generations. Thank you, Andrew! Hi Paul, I saw this video from the USGS and thought you’d enjoy … Continued
It was eight years ago so I can’t remember whether it was during the settling down into seats as the 8th graders came back in after recess or whether it was later during a class discussion. Anyway, at some point, … Continued