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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Boiling Down the Sweetness – Turning maple sap into maple syrup (Part Two)
Boiling Down the Sweetness – Turning maple sap into maple syrup (Part Two) “In a certain sense, people view sap as the life blood of the tree.”- Navindra Seeram Listen to this story with an ear for metaphor and parallels to live your life more sweetly and richly. There are powerful teachers of purpose, persistence [...]
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The sap is swelling – a sign of spring soon
What a delight to write the above title! I love winter – when I was a kid it was the season I looked forward to the most, mainly because it meant ice skating was possible. But, who can be immune to the delights of warm, sweet air above freezing for the first time, heralding new [...]
Posted in Purpose Tagged Charity Team Building, collaborative team building, making maple syrup, Maple sap, maple syrup, maple syrup making season, maple tree, Purpose, Quixote Consulting, Rob Fletcher, spring, tapping maple syrup Comments closed
What Does the World Need Now?
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love. No, not just for some, but for everyone.” – Hal David and Burt Bacharach Holidays can be hard for people. If someone’s alone without a significant other it can hurt. Valentine’s Day especially can be difficult. But all of the holidays – Christmas, Thanksgiving are two [...]
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Manahatta by Walt Whitman Pocket Poem
In two recent posts, I used quotes from this Walt Whitman poem. Perhaps his enthusiasm for what he saw and lived in his everyday life can spark your enthusiasm for what you see and live every day too. Manahatta by Walt Whitman I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city, Whereupon, lo! [...]
Posted in Purpose Tagged Charity Team Building, collaborative team building, Manahatta, Manahatta poem, Purpose, Quixote Consulting, Rob Fletcher, Walt Whitman Comments closed
Manhattan or Manahatta? – Sleuthing Out What Came Before
“I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city, Whereupon, lo! upsprang the aboriginal name! Now I see what there is in a name, a word, liquid, sane, unruly, musical, self-sufficient; I see that the word of my city is that word up there, Because I see that word nested in nests of [...]
Posted in Purpose Tagged Charity Team Building, collaborative team building, Henry Hudson, Lenne Lenape, Manahatta, National Geographic, Purpose, Quixote Consulting, Rob Fletcher, Welikia Project, Wildlife Conservation Society Comments closed
Mountain Lion and Cabbage Attacks in NYC?
“Rich, hemm’d thick all around with sailships and steamships—an island sixteen miles long, solid-founded, Numberless crowded streets—high growths of iron, slender, strong, light, splendidly uprising toward clear skies; Tide swift and ample, well-loved by me, toward sundown, The flowing sea-currents, the little islands, larger adjoining islands, the heights, the villas, The countless masts, the white [...]
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Boiling Down Your Sweetness – The metaphor of turning maple sap into maple syrup (Part Two)