How-To & How-Does

September 11, 2022

Meditative Beauty & Simplicity in a Qi Gong Ba Duan Jin

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Ba Duan Jin (or 8 silk brocades) is an ancient (7000 year old) Chinese series of Qi Gong exercise postures used to “enhance vitality and strength; learn to create balance;…

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August 6, 2022

Book: MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEIN by Joshua Foer

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MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEIN: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer is a brilliantly titled book. Seriously, who isn't intrigued by the possibilities to be found within. I…

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July 6, 2022

The Magpie Whisperer’s Charm

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There are many collective nouns used to describe a group of magpies — congregation, gulp, murder, tiding, tittering, etc. But after watching this video about one woman’s interactions with these…

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July 6, 2022

Easy Homemade Chocolate or Coffee Ice Cream

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Homemade ice cream is delicious and creamy. Making homemade ice cream is not difficult. Today’s ice cream machines are very easy to use and make ice cream in about 20…

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July 3, 2022

Words: “The Ultimate Weakness of Violence …”

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From the last book written by Martin Luther King, Jr. — WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: Chaos or Community? (Beacon Press 2010 edition) -- there are two passages confirm his continued…

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July 3, 2022

Backyard Engineering: Bike Experiments In Speed

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Most of us like to try new things, especially if they are relatively safe and easy to do. But, would we be willing to endure hardship in order to explore…

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July 2, 2022

The Antics of Badgers

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The wonderful thing about wild animals is they always seem to have a few delightful surprises for us humans. Growing up in the midwest I knew what Badgers looked like…

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July 1, 2022

A Shortcut Method For Making Eggplant Parmesan

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My eggplant preference is the heirloom variety called Rosa Bianca and they are plentiful in my area at this time of year. Rosa Bianca eggplant is an eye-catching variety of…

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July 1, 2022

Do You Have A Nappuccino Habit?

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A Nappuccino is the combining of a 20 minute nap with a pre-nap coffee to create a short, strategic, restorative break without the post nap inertia. But the key to…

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June 30, 2022

The Lost Era Of Electric “Flying Trains”

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Over 119 years old and still in operation today, the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn in Germany is the world’s oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars. Developed as the first to transport…

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June 30, 2022

Embracing Ridiculous

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If "possibilities are endless," where and how will we find them?  And when should we stop looking? Because lately it feels as if too many of us stop looking for possibilities.  We've settled…

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June 30, 2022

Words: “We Seek An Enlargement Of Our Being” — CS Lewis

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In AN EXPERIMENT IN CRITICISM, C.S. Lewis answers the question of Why We Read and also provides the answers to why all forms of storytelling are so important: “We seek an enlargement…

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June 30, 2022

Ninja Squirrels

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We humans tend to think our intelligence makes us superior, but we still have a lot to learn from the animal world, especially when it comes to patience, persistence, and…

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June 28, 2022

Words: Research Your Own Experience

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When ever we seek to make changes for the better, it is helpful to remember there is never only one path, one chance, or one solution. Better is a process.…

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June 25, 2022

Bean Magic in 25 Days

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Even as a gardener it somehow seems magical to watch a bean grow from a seed. this 25 day time lapse video capturing the magic of . Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w77zPAtVTuI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent Roots…

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June 25, 2022

Bison Cam

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There is just something compelling and magical about animals and water. GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK – Val Marie, Saskatchewan CanadaEstablished 1981 https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ZKl4T7o-m8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent ###

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June 25, 2022

Happiness Is A Superfood. It’s Not Something You Earn

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Happiness is a superfood. It is what feeds us. It's not something that needs to be earned or achieved. This seems like a radical thought when the universal law of…

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June 25, 2022

The Truth About Meat, Protein, & Strength

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Food plays a crucial role in the functioning of our daily life, yet who among us really knows what the optimal diet is for human health and performance? So much…

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June 15, 2022

Perfect Summer Bread — Italian Focaccia

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Looking for just the right bread to serve during the summer? Here is a recipe for an easy-to-make Focaccia — an Italian bread that is perfect with salads and grilled…

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February 19, 2022

Nature’s Neon Lights: Aurora Borealis & Aurora Australis

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Beautiful, magical, eerie, surreal, awe-inspiring… It’s hard to come up with adjectives to adequately capture the sight of the colorful, glowing, shifting curtains of light we know as the Aurora…

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