Sometimes I wish I were a tree, To spread my deep roots underground, To know the land, to taste the soil, To grow tall and strong, to stand my ground Against storms, earthquakes, and landslides, And with my stateliness to keep at bay The crows and the woodcutter's ax. Yes, I wish I were a … Continue reading You, Me, and a Tree
Category: Musings
How About a Content Diet?
Every day, we consume more than food: we consume impressions that come to us through our senses. The images and the sounds we surround ourselves with have a major impact on our moods, feelings, way of thinking, and ultimately, on our behavior and accomplishments. For many of us, many of these impressions come in the … Continue reading How About a Content Diet?
On Reading Fast or Reading Slowly, Forgetting or Remembering
If you enjoy reading books, articles, websites, or encyclopedias, like I do, you are probably familiar with that quiet feeling of dread that takes possession of us from time to time, when we realize we can't remember the title of that book we've recently read, let alone what it was all about. Of course, it … Continue reading On Reading Fast or Reading Slowly, Forgetting or Remembering



