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Think differently about learning

I found this post on Sir Ken Robinson’s website of an interview he did with the Santa Barbara Teen press about the ideal school that he would create with unlimited funding to create it. I would absolutely go to this school- it sounds amazing! Thinking differently about how we learn [...]

Visiting the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation

Visiting the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation

Thanks to a passing comment from my new friend Erick, I finally got going on my goal to go on more house tours this year. My friend Ruth told me about an adventure she had taken over the past year to see the Frederick R Weisman Foundation‘s collection. There are [...]

Why I want to revolutionize work.

Why I want to revolutionize work.

This week, I am scrambling once again. Ever since I wrapped up my company a year and a half ago, I have been jumping from island to little island in search of a new home. I didn’t want to be out in the wind anymore and having to hold up [...]

Go Los Angeles! Yes, we have a composting class…

Go Los Angeles! Yes, we have a composting class…

This is my new yard friend. It is my “Earth Machine” compost bin, subsidized by the city of Los Angeles. Once a month, on the 4th Saturday, you can go and learn about composting and get heavily discounted supplies in order to get started with both composting and vermicomposting (a [...]

I thought I was immune to the opiate of the masses.

I thought I was immune to the opiate of the masses.

One item on the list for this year was a little smug. Well, very smug. I have always been a scanty television watcher. I have had tv a number of times. I always end up cutting it off because I forget to watch it. When I am with family over [...]