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One of my favorite books as a child. Pretty sure I ordered it through Scholastic Book Club.
The Learning Brain: Try Loving-Kindness Meditation
METTA MEDITATION
The practice of Metta meditation is a beautiful support to other awareness practices. One recites specific words and phrases evoking a “boundless warm-hearted feeling.” The strength of this feeling is not limited to or by family, religion, or social class. We begin with our…
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Does anyone do/has anyone done drawing as meditation?
upload a photo reply of your drawing?
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Look at the center of this image for 30sec, then watch Van Gogh’s *Starry Night* come to life.
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Family New Years letter.
One wintry day the Stack family decided to form a band… The Procrastinators. We have all the makings of becoming the next Beatles, except for one very minor detail. We haven’t produced any songs. Blowing off copyright, we made a playlist that embodies The Procrastinators in 2012.
Sunday Morning Coming Down by Johnny Cash Sunday, December 30 and just starting our letter.
Separate by Trampled by Turtles Sara now works in Minneapolis, living there part time.
Home by Phillip Phillips, Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes Despite Sara living away from home, Gerae is living here and Isaiah will be next year.
Alone by Trampled by Turtles Empty nesters? Not quite, they keep coming back. We’ll be moving out instead.
Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons Our cat Fuzzy is still with us despite the efforts of certain family members.
Stuff that Works by Guy Clark After 10 years in this house and in reference to our band’s name, not a lot.
Big Jet Plane by Angus and Julia Stone Dani world traveler. Added England and Mexico to her passport. Gerae’s trip to Florida.
Midnight on the Interstate by Trampled by Turtles Several road trips for weddings, track meets and Isaiah’s trip to Boise.
Dance all Night by Chance McCoy Nieces’ wedding dances and the living room floor with the music cranked.
Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show A standard family sing along, as well as one of the cranked tunes.
15 Step by Radiohead Not an addiction program, Gerae danced to this song at her Fall Dance Show.
Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel also covered by Mumford and Sons Isaiah tweeted “Simon and Garfunkel, best band ever!” Everyone loves Mumford!
Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi May you all pursue and capture it in 2013!
Playlist will be shared on all 5 of our Facebook timelines. As well as Twitter accounts and Tumblr.
The Procrastinators 2012 Ultimate Playlist
Listen and enjoy!
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Mankato’s newest music sensation, The Procrastinators. Coming to a venue near you. Maybe!
So true!
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Went to the Movie “The Hobbit” on Christmas. It is unfortunate that the makers of the movie didn’t find the story as written by J.R.R. Tolkien complete enough. I was very disappointed with how far they wandered from the original story. Not sure I even want to see the rest. What a bummer!
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Sky Frames
Mahatma Gandhi’s “seven modern sins”:
- Wealth without work
- Pleasure without conscience
- Knowledge without character
- Commerce without morality
- Science without humanity
- Worship without sacrifice
- Politics without principle
Problem Solving!
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