Extraordinary Discourse Podcast

Loafer's Curriculum Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming. David Morrissey

Leapfrogging Thule It seemed to me as if the stones sang, in the strangest voices, in the language of Ultima Thule. Robertson Davies

Jumping Around Toward Utopia Our children are interested in the BIG picture. That is where the deep natural learning seems to get done. It is totally opposite to everything I have ever learnt at school. Lehla Eldridge, Jump, Fall, Fly, From Schooling to Homeschooling to Unschooling

Sine Qua Non-Sequiturs I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane. Waylon Jennings

Undertones Of Overtons "Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to." Jim Jarmusch  [MovieMaker Magazine #53 - Winter, January 22, 2004]

Big Backtalk The best attitude to take toward back talk is to reach out and embrace it with love, compassion, and understanding. No need to criticize it for its shortcomings or to waste time in recriminations. Just give a loving nod and a hug to any back talk you get, and move on to the joyful creation of your fulfilled life. Gay Hendricks,  Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True

Cracks in the Darkness When grief impounds our thinking and eats our brains, it seeps through all the cracks of our daily living. Only the soothing wind of comforting words may counter the withering twilight and the frostiness of darkness. Erik Pevernagie warning: some explicit sex talk