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Why Self-Help Guru James Altucher Only Owns 15 Things
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Rainy Fall Day Out My Back Door
July Flowers Out My Back Door
Another new favorite razor – 1960’s Schick Injector Adjustable
Bamboo and boats…Monet’s Garden
Humans of (Old) New York: The street life of Victorian NYC
Humans of (Old) New York: The street life of Victorian NYC.
Interesting pictures of New York in 1896. From http://mashable.com
New Favorite Razor – 1956 Gillette Super Speed Red Tip
Facts About Kevin – Fact #1
I’m going to try to be good, and follow up on the requirements as an honored recipient of the Versatile Blogger Award. Thanks again, Tilting Up! http://tiltingup.com/
I’ll have to do this over several or many blog posts though…
So as the rules state, I’ll share seven facts about myself, and doing that one blog at a time will give me a chance to consider who I will nominate in turn. So many great blogs out there!
Ok then, Fact # 1 about Kevin:
I started playing the cello about two years ago. I took lessons with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra School. I really need to practice more, and go back for more lessons. Playing the cello is a lot of fun! It’s even more fun to play with other musicians, so that’s why I need to get back to orchestra school…
Next time, Fact #2!
Drum Roll, Please … Accepting the Versatile Blogger Award
Thanks for the Nomination, Tilting Up!
Many thanks to Quixotic Reflections for the Versatile Blogger Award nomination. I am honored and pleased! The fantastic blogs that I nominate for this award, in no particular order, are:
1. Kevin’s Blog
4. Maybe Someone Should Write That Down
6. Wellfesto
7. A Narcissist Writes Letters, to Himself
Apologies if a nominee considers these “chain mail” awards as spam. If so, please ignore and forgive. I’m still in the place where, when anyone reads my blog let alone takes the time to recognize it, I’m thrilled. Also, I like the idea of bringing more attention to interesting minds out there.
Rules of the award for those nominated, if they choose to accept, are as follows:
- Show the award on your blog.
- Thank the person who nominated you.
- Share seven facts…
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Excite…Provoke…Entice
Too cold to fish, time to tie more flies!
A few years ago, this Gold Ribbed, Bead Head Hare’s Ear Nymph was a ‘must have’ nymph pattern for the fly fisher. Today, for whatever reasons, it seems to be less prevalent. The creative, innovative fly tier, inundated with a huge amount of new tying materials, fell away from the tinsel, rabbit fur pattern. The only new addition here is the gold bead and some UV dubbing in the thorax with the rabbit fur guard hairs. Still a nice pattern for the stout clinger/crawler mayfly nymph patterns.
1944 Indian Chief
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Polishing Water Weaving Spirals
I have this screen saver that says, “You know all those things you wanted to do? You should go do them.” It makes me smile. That is, it makes me smile because I know how busy I am, and it does not. It seems ridiculous that it thinks I can just, “go do them.” We will get around to fulfilling our dreams someday, right? But not today.
What are YOU waiting for? The kids to grow up? A more secure financial situation? To get married? To retire? Don’t! The key is not to go for the gusto all at once, but to take small steps regularly toward your dream. Here are just a few suggestions to get you started. It can take as little as 10 minutes. Ready, Set, Go!
Write down your dream. Yep. Physically write down what it is that you want to do. This will do two…
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Driving in the Fall
Royal Enfield Motorcycle and a View that’s Worth the Trip
Montana Cabin
Monet
Let’s Go!
Might be Fun to Live on a Houseboat…What Do You Think?
Spring Brown Trout
I’m getting Spring Fly Fishing Fever! I just need a free weekend…
Tai Chi Y3D19: On cold wet grass
I did tai chi out in the yard this morning. The ground was cold still, from the freezing weather at night earlier this week; and the grass was wet from last night’s rain. My feet haven’t warmed up yet. They’re still chilly from the experience.
But a day outside, doing tai chi, is infinitely better than doing it inside, no matter how spacious the room nor how soft the floor. Tears of delight form on my face at the awareness which comes to me, that I am a part of all that is around me. The wind on my skin, the flood of sunlight on my face, the chirping of birds coming to my ears, the scent of smoke from someone’s wood-burning chimney… it’s a holy moment, and there’s nothing that can replace it — or so it feels.
The last few days, I’ve had energy imbalance issues, where I…
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The Right of the Wrongs 5
To enhance the power of the punch in Step Up, Parry, Punch try doing this. So I said to my student before demonstrating the additional tweak that can boost the power and penetration of the punch.
Right away some light bulb went on in his head and he blurted out that this was what he thought of as more of a punch based on the reading of the Chinese character.
Yes, indeed. In fact, when we change the characteristics a bit it could well resemble the famous Xingyi half-step Beng Quan except in Yang style Tai Chi we call our version by another name. Its actually not found in the basic Yang style long form but I see no harm to tell my student about it at this stage.
The point here is that once you filter out the wrong ways of doing things and go more into the more…
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Tai Chi Chuan
I overcame inertia and a sinus infection, and made it to Tai Chi class.
I always enjoy the class, and feel good afterwards,
but it seems to be hard to go out of the house during the winter!
PS: The picture is not me, but he has great form!
When It’s Finally Warm Again…!
What’s so different about Calligraphy Yoga?
The answer to this question is four-fold so I’ll try to be succinct.
First, Calligraphy Yoga (CY) is only partly yoga. In fact its a mix of Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Yoga & Chinese Calligraphy philosophy. Qi Gong and Tai Chi you’ve probably seen being done in parks, on TV and of course in the amazing beach gardens of Siglap, Singapore. They are very slow, graceful and probably a bit boring to watch. On the inside however the practitioner is working up an energetic storm – flow is probably a better term – that services the entire body to achieve the highest possible functioning. The health benefits include absence of pain and ongoing energy, strength and mobility into old age. These techniques that have been practised and perfected for millennia are part of Calligraphy Yoga.
Second, to aid the energy flow (and lets face it, to combat the boringness) of…
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