Gary Snyder quote – find your place on the planet
“Find your place on the planet, dig in, and take responsibility from there.” – Gary Snyder
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Poem – Following the New Guru (By Lee Marc Stein)
Following the New Guru Before True Detective McConaughey took the wheel and became Zen Master of the Lincoln auto, he layed down the gospel according to St. Matthew: “My rule is to break one sweat a day.” Farshvitst, I contemplate the sound of one hundred six beads of perspiration splashing on the dashboard of my treadmill. Stop running […]
Read moreA Genetic Guide To Happiness
Human beings appear to be genetically engineered to be happiest and healthiest when we spend a lot of time selflessly helping others—and unhealthy when we’re mostly devoted to self-gratification. That’s the eye-opening conclusion of University of North Carolina researchers, based on a study of 80 volunteers. The study subjects were asked how often they felt hedonic pleasure—the kind of happiness […]
Read moreCartoon – GMO Food Testing
Poem – Infrastructure Swallows a City (By Donal Mahoney)
It was an ancient city. All the young people left as soon as they could but the old remained in their mortgaged huts surrounded by evergreens that offered a haven for cardinals and jays, robins and finches. No matter the season birds flew from tree limbs to feed on seed and suet put out by too many widows […]
Read more2 Neutron Stars Collide in a Far-Off Galaxy
A century ago Albert Einstein predicted that two neutron stars collided over 130 million years ago in his Theory of General Relativity. He said that when it happened it caused gravitational waves (a ripple in the universe) that travel at the speed of light at the same time as gamma rays. When gamma rays burst, they send out deadly radiation […]
Read moreJohn Kennedy Quote – Pursuing Our Hopes
“We should never let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes” – John Kennedy
Read morePhotography – The Desert (By Nick Romeo)
Bio: Nick Romeo is self-taught, and he always strives to absorb and learn from his environment. He incorporates the multitude of subject matters into his artwork. Nick’s main forms of expression are 3D digital renderings, music, poetry, fractal generations, photography, and sculpture. www.pittsburghartistregistry.org/accounts/view/nickromeo
Read moreFranz Kafka Quote – Frozen Sea Within Us
“A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.” – Franz Kafka
Read morePaul Brooks Quote – Nobody Calls The Cops
“In America today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see, and nobody calls the cops.” – Paul Brooks
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