Please Slow Down

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To Hound and To Hold
On humanity's proclivity for prospecting. From a week at the Tucson Mineral & Gem Show.
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We are Not For Sale
We are all of the land. Dispatches from sacred, public places.
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Risking it All
On the importance of knowing what you're betting on and what you're afraid of.
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An Ode to Time Consuming Tasks
Celebrating having the time to do things that take time to do.
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Foehn Winds
Perhaps this is a day that highlights the path we are careening down, when snow is falling on the giraffes at the Tucson Zoo and flames are scorching…
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Befriending the Yearning
We always want more. Do we need it?
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Socially acceptable poison
In appropriate doses, it makes our brains feel good – or at least think they feel good. In larger doses, not so much.
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Please Slow Down
Please Slow Down
Notice it all. Do no harm. Move slowly and savor.

Please Slow Down

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