Book Review: What the Robin Knows

...e is different from bird watching. It is a nature awareness practice which uses the observation of commonplace birds, like robins and sparrows, to teach you about the larger workings of the nature and yourself. In a nutshell, Young asks you to choose a place to sit outdoors and commit to sitting in this place regularly, for about 40 minutes per session, watching the birds, watching all that happens around you. This sit spot might be your yard, a p...

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A Crisis of the Real: A Levitating Saints and a French Theory Remix

...we all find ourselves in. If you’re a theory-head you’ll love Gilles Delueze riffing on topics in alphabetical order for six whole hours (!). Someone has thoughtfully uploaded a subtitled version to Archive.org. It’s hard to believe, in our idiotic present, that this kind of content used to be on mainstream television. Lest you think this is just a French thing I’ll point out that, when philosopher Henri Bergson came to New York to do a guest lec...

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I made soup out of a Halloween pumpkin and it didn’t completely suck

...Eating?“, tipped me off to an Epicurious Curried Pumpkin soup recipe that uses coconut milk and hot pepper flakes. The recipe takes advantage of the fact that you could make delicious soup out of cat litter with coconut milk and hot pepper flakes. Of course that same soup would taste a lot better made with a kabocha squash. And Halloween pumpkins make great worm food. But I was reasonably pleased with the soup, especially after it had mellowed in...

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Weekend Links: We’ve Gone Crazy!

...e) April 21, 2016 Poor Griffith Park is falling apart, meanwhile Hollywood uses it as a back lot for $450/day (?!) https://t.co/zZBhKMnlUn @FilmLA @davideryu — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 20, 2016 This car said “No”. RIP bike sign in #boyleheights. 04/18/16 – 04/19/16.@MCMHandles @GoHumanSoCal @josehuizar pic.twitter.com/z8AhthDAeZ — From Lot to Spot (@fromlottospot) April 19, 2016 Beautiful Japanese “minimalist survival kit” that fits in a tu...

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White Sage and Bees and our other sage friends

...chest high, but like to fall over, like this one: Clary sage has medicinal uses, but I’ve not tried it for anything myself. I’ve also heard you can make fritters of the leaves….which is interesting. Of course, I’d eat just about anything if it was made into a fritter. And last but not least is my culinary sage, tucked in with some thyme and mint, and beleaguered by the nasturtium. It’s not flashy, but its strong and knows what it’s about. It’s als...

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