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148: Ordinary Wonder
I recently read for the second time Charlotte Joko Beck's posthumous book Ordinary Wonder (2021). Charlotte Joko Beck (1917 – 2011) was...
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147: Whipping Post
As Wikipedia notes, The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman...
Charles Cherney
146: It's Too Late to Stop Now
As Wikipedia notes, It's Too Late to Stop Now is a 1974 live double album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It features...
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145: Lake Street Dive - "Rich Girl"
Lake Street Dive is one of my favorite bands. Formed in 2004 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, the band's founding...
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144: Photography of Ernst Haas
In 2022, my interest in photography resurfaced and caught fire. I am thrilled to have come across the photography of Ernst Haas. As...
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143: Eyes on the Prize
As Wikipedia notes, Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement is an American television series and 14-part documentary about the...
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142: Tennessee Whiskey
I came upon this video on Youtube featuring Nashville singer Kayla Kroh and I cannot stop watching and listening to it: Kayla Kroh is...
Charles Cherney
141: Siegfried Hansen
Siegfried Hansen is Germany's most respected street photographer. I learned about him from an interview he did with Samuel Lintaro Hopf...
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140: Guitar master Naudo
Naudo Rodriguez is a self-taught master of the guitar. The music flows through Naudo.
Charles Cherney
139: Clean Windows
“Don’t just fix problems, avoid problems.” Joe Rand shares this bit of wisdom in his book How to be a Great Real Estate Agent. Of course,...
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138: Lao Tzu - You are nobody
Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical...
Charles Cherney
137: Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
As Wikipedia notes, "Folsom Prison Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Written in 1953, it is one of Cash's...
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136: Jimmy V
As Wikipedia notes, Jim Valvano (March 10, 1946 – April 28, 1993), nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball player, coach...
Charles Cherney
135: Peter, Paul and Mary
As Wikipedia notes, Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music...
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134: What a Wonderful World
As Wikipedia notes, Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971) – nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops" – was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He...
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133: Thank You
I recently read Ezra Bayda's Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment (2011). This quote from the book got my attention: Thank...
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132: The Gap and The Gain
I just finished reading The Gap and the Gain (2021) by Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan. This is an excellent book that posits that right...
Charles Cherney
131: From the Beginning
Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "From the Beginning" (1972) is a perfect song. Magical. Listen: "From the Beginning" There might have been...
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130: Schwinn AC Performance
Before the pandemic, I belonged to a health club in Harvard Square. I enjoyed riding an exercise bike there. Alas, the health club went...
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129: "I'm so miserable. And it's so delicious!"
This quote from Charlotte Joko Beck's book Everyday Zen: Love and Work (1989) is a real splash of cold water on your face: My shoulder is...
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