Uncategorized On Retreat Created 14 July 2017 / Updated 26 July 2017 by adamf I’ll be on meditation retreat in Colorado the last two weeks of July so won’t be posting here until August. Read more »
Uncategorized Transforming Grief Created 13 July 2017 / Updated 5 August 2023 by adamf One my touchstone books that I read as a child and many times since is The Wizard of Earthsea. I am no wizard, and life rarely has its adventures and stories wrapped up and resolved so neatly as books do. But one can still learn from them. In the book, Duny, a goatherd, grows up […] Read more »
Uncategorized Just Below the Great Red Spot Created 13 July 2017 / Updated 13 July 2017 by adamf A beautiful image of Jupiter taken by the Juno spacecraft‘s JunoCam, just below the Great Red Spot. Juno will perform a controlled deorbit in February 2018, ensuring it does not contaminate any of Jupiter’s moons with Earth life forms. (Via Hacker News) Read more »
Uncategorized Grief and Shadow Created 6 July 2017 / Updated 19 October 2021 by adamf I’ve been reading a lot of David Richo lately. He is a meditator and a Jungian psychotherapist and his books have a wonderful optimistic clarity about being human and the loss, growth, and joy that comes with it. He’s like a wise, kind uncle I never had. Right now I’m reading Shadow Dance: Liberating the […] Read more »
Uncategorized Napping Created 29 June 2017 / Updated 6 July 2017 by adamf Really nice thread about napping on Hacker News. I encourage napping on my teams too – results, not effort. If a nap (or a run or a sit in the sun, etc.) will make you more productive, then do it. Come back recharged and creative. An excerpt: I worked for a very small startup in […] Read more »
Uncategorized We Are Going To Mars Created 26 June 2017 / Updated 6 July 2017 by adamf We are going to Mars because whatever is wrong with us will not get right with us so we journey forth, carrying the same baggage But every now and then leaving one little bitty thing behind. One day looking for prejudice to slip, One day looking for hatred to tumble by the wayside, Maybe one […] Read more »
Uncategorized Grief and Humanism Created 23 June 2017 / Updated 22 June 2022 by adamf I’ve been feeling a lot of grief lately, and I have been trying to be present with it instead of pushing it away or distracting myself, like I did in earlier times in my life. Two authors that have helped me lately, kept me company, are John Tarrant and Alain de Botton. Tarrant is a […] Read more »
Uncategorized The School of Life Created 10 June 2017 / Updated 23 June 2017 by adamf I’ve been really enjoying the School of Life YouTube channel – it’s filled with short, bite-sized (3-6 minute) inspiring videos on the things you never learned in school or as a child about how to be emotionally healthy, like How To Be A Friend To Yourself: The videos are soothing and optimistic and full of […] Read more »
Uncategorized Master Mind Protocol Created 27 March 2017 / Updated 23 June 2017 by adamf Tuning into abundance is important. Abundance means growing is easier – you can tap into the strengths available in the Universe, in your Higher Self, and in the people around you rather than having to do it alone. In our society, there aren’t many places where you can specifically work on strengthening your ability to […] Read more »
Uncategorized SpaceX lands another Falcon 9 orbital booster! Created 20 February 2017 / Updated 24 June 2017 by adamf SpaceX landed another Falcon 9 spacecraft, this time from the NASA CRS-10 mission to the space station: Official video of landing: Amazing that orbital booster landings have become routine, when just two years ago they were widely considered impossible! Go SpaceX! Read more »