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Slime Endures By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post We were introduced to the wonders and pleasures of slime when we visited the home of Elizabeth and Olivia, a friend's granddaughters. As videos of people shaping slime played on the TV set, they gav…
Making TV a Part of Our Lives By Frederic Brussat Blog Post The gifted comedian Sid Caesar died at the age 91 on February 12, 2014, in Beverly Hills, California. He changed things around in our suburban home during the early 1950s when television was just an…
Being Tolerant of the Unsmiling By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Why we should be more tolerant of those who never smile. "Yogananda Paramahamsa has a beautiful suggestion for thawing the arctic state of our feelings; it is for all of us to become smile milliona…
Walking as a Spiritual Practice By Frederic Brussat Blog Post "Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake," Wallace Stevens once said. I'd make that a "walk around the city." I love to walk and have made it a daily part of my spiritual practice. Mary …
A Prayer of Gratitude for the Pleasure of Sharing Photos Online By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Singer in My Soul, we are so thankful for the millions of people who derive so much delight and satisfaction from sharing photos online. Fact: About 4,000 photos are taken every second in the U.…
Why People Don't Have Hobbies By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Tim Wu's excellent opinion piece last fall in The New York Times, "In Praise of Mediocrity," has stuck with me because he talks about why people don't have a hobby — and I am one of those people. …
Nature: Now Showing on TV By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In an article in The New York Times, Diane Ackerman refers to the phenomenon of "nature deficit" in children who spend very little time in the natural world and a lot of time with their technologica…
Making the Most of Every Day By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Catholic Wisdom Praying is our daily appointment with wisdom. — Thomas Merton quoted in Hanging Onto Hope by Melanie Svoboda
Master of Many Trades By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In this article in Aeon.com, Robert Twigger writes about the rise of the monopath in our society. The term refers to a person who focuses on one thing and becomes an expert. Such people are widely r…
Fertility Ritual for Creativity By Darren Polito Blog Post At the end of our Forgiveness salon, I asked my guests for suggestions of what rituals they wanted to explore next. A writer in the group asked for a fertility ritual for creativity. That really cau…

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