(original post 2021-10) A good, short read – about an hour. Best to read on one’s birthday :-). (I do every year). Excerpts in italics below. Before you read the book or the excerpts, watch this TED talk by Leonard Skinner. He has figured out what Seneca wrote about more than 1900 years ago. If…
Author: Sameer Oza
twosday
2-22-22 What a great day to have a birthday! Now only if I had turned 22 today 🙂
“everdrone”
So gratifying to see this article in BBC today – a story about drones delivering AED to a doctor to help an out of hospital cardiac arrest patient.
death valley road trip
more infrared
One thing I have learned about infrared photography is you get to see the world in a whole different light! Literally! What could have been a boring photograph in the middle of the day is completely different with IR. Here are some photos from our post Christmas hike at a local trail with mountain vistas.
infrared photography
Baby steps! Learning to see the world in a completely different light 🙂
Coeur d’Alene Eagles
We were lucky to witness the eagle migration through North Idaho this winter.
reason, season or lifetime
People Come Into Your Life for A Reason, A Season Or A LifetimeBy Jean Dominique Martin People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is…
wintering
Katherine May’s thought provoking book about taking a break, a sabbatical, a pause in life. It is a book about depression and anxiety but it is also a book about hope. It is a book about new beginnings. There are gaps in the mesh of the everyday world, and sometimes they open up and you…
deep work
Cal Newport makes a great case for rethinking how we work and how we interact with the internet, email and social media. Deep work is necessary to wring every last drop of value out of your current intellectual capacity. Neal Stephenson – “If I organize my life in such a way that I get lots…








