Category Archives: New Perspectives

A potluck of musings: What else to do with insights on birding gained from parenting reminiscences?

One Serious; One Silly

Changing protocols in kid photography. Continue reading

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Practice Makes Perfect

Comparing my work and training patterns to an astronaut’s leads to a new resolve. Continue reading

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Only in Canada

“Sas-kat-choo-waaaaan!” I startle awake to find myself still in my seat. What happened? Is something wrong? Continue reading

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Who Owns the Fish?

Learning anew how the organization of the information hinders or supports solving puzzles – and maybe even problems. Continue reading

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Whale!

Whale watching as a metaphor for governance – self and otherwise. Continue reading

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Who Wrote That?

A brief presentation at a church meeting almost 30 years ago makes me think about what others expect from me. Continue reading

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Life’s Purpose & Dead Raccoons

Thinking about my life purpose, with some help from a poet, an author/theologian/educator, a priest, and a butter sculptor. Continue reading

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Was It Something I Said?

“I’ll never forget what you said.” Yikes! It’s been several years since we worked together. Exactly what “I-meant-it-to-be-funny-but-it-came-out-awful” thing had I said? My face goes still, but the small furry creature in my head (Lab rat? Gerbil? Please, please, don’t … Continue reading

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Inestimably Inscrutable

7 minutes left I’m syncing my laptop to my Dropbox account — my online back-up — and the application is helpfully telling me how much longer it will take. My nearly catastrophic hard-drive crash last September led to this good … Continue reading

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