1. Tapered candles, cold hands, moist eyes. Remembering those we have lost, those we love, and those we hope to see again. In Cathedrals, Temples and Mosques, people replicating each other's humanity in our common prayer.

  2. Why does a cashmere sweater begin to feel more valuable once it has small holes in it?

  3. Zen Habits. Easily the finest website for practical insight into living well on the web today. And its all free. Leo Babauta we salute you.

  4. The privilege of living between two beautiful parks, the joy of spending parts of everyday in them.

  5. If you're getting on with your dog right now, you're probably in a good space. If your dogs getting on with the neighborhood cats, your witnessing a miracle.

  6. Books that remain relevant despite the passing of time.

  7. Jake Shimabukuro playing Bohemian Rhapsody on the humble instrument called the Ukelele. Copyright Ted Talk 2010

  8. Folding laundry – getting centered. And thinking about this thought. "The most interesting people have no nationality".

  9. Robert Hughes – 'Things I didn't know – A Memoir'. No better way to spend a lazy summers day. (Especially this paragraph, on page 139 extending unto the end of page 140) "The best thing...

  10. Finding the homeless who live in my neighborhood and finding ways to be generous to them without taking away their dignity.

  11. Cuttings of 'Honoki Cypress' in a small glass jar placed on a stack of books waiting to be read next to my bed.

  12. Just read about a Life Coach who has one wife, three kids and a solid tan? Now there's a man who ticks all the boxes.

  13. Sometimes the cover version of a song exceeds the original. And draws you into the lyrics in a different way

  14. Filled with gratitude for the people who made this site happen. And all the wonderful clients I had the privilege to know along the way.

  15. The poetry of Mary Oliver, who was born September 10. 1935. Copyright owned by others.