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I attended an e-workshop presented by the eChapter of APTI. The workshop was lead by Lynda Trommelen, who spoke about how Type affects response to change/loss and how to use the insights of Type to assist folks adjusting to change/loss.
One of the charts that Lynda presented originated with Recovery from Loss: A Personalized Guide […]

Not mine … just watch it ….

Many years ago in the States, unscrupulous dairy farmers added whitewash (think Tom Sawyer) to milk to disguise the fact that the milk had been watered down.
French wine in the 50s and 60s was occasionally laced with antifreeze.
Have a look at China’s fish-farming and the Chinese government’s report on product quality for citizens.
This is the […]

More from Downstream From Trout Fishing in America by Keith Abbott
The wish to assume control over history, and his sadness over the attempts to get things right, recalls a Zen phrase for this process, jushaku shoshaku . This can be translated, “wave after wave of error.” In this phrase, error can also be understood as […]

Some alcoholics self-medicate to kill emotional pain. I don’t know if that’s globally true. I’ve certainly observed it.
My own addictions–not chemical, really, but otherwise–are related to dulling emotional pain. I’ve never been seriously tempted by illicit drugs. It’s a passing fancy that I don’t pursue. Usually I have enough of a natural sideways spin to […]

If I were to live my life
in catfish forms
in scaffolds of skin and whiskers
at the bottom of a pond
and you were to come by
   one evening
when the moon was shining
down into my dark home
and stand there at the edge
   of my affection
and think, “It’s beautiful
here by this pond. I wish
   somebody loved me,”
I’d love you and be […]

(I’m stealing some of the following from some books I’ve read. If anyone cares to source the statements, help yourself–I can’t recall titles at the moment.)
Games are a common metaphor for negotiation–but it’s important that all the participants speak the language of game. Not long ago, women were not involved in team sports and therefore […]

It’s fitting that the same week scientists announce support for the theory that dinos and birds are related, Der Spiegel runs a story on the intelligence of ravens.
The last several years seem to have had an explosion of “smart corvid” stories, ranging from the Japanese crows who crack nuts with the assistance of traffic and […]