Artist or scientist? Creator or the great examiner? There are few talents over the millennia that have blurred the lines and found that life makes more sense when dancing on the edge of the divide. It is a rare opportunity to interview someone who would be quite comfortable in the company of Da Vinci and Michaelangelo, yet who more modernly sits with Bill Gates and world leaders of today endeavoring in advanced nuclear energy. Yet we had such an opportunity to speak with Nathan Myhrvold, a prominent scientist, technologist, inventor, artist and author, with over nine hundred U.S. patents awarded…
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Life happens when you’re busy making other plans. The rush and swirl of to-do lists, endless news flashes – domestic and international, family gatherings and contemplation about taking that new job; everything playing out against the backdrop of your home and the important spaces of your life. There are very few constants. The need for a balanced, grounding energy can never be underestimated and sometimes from that backdrop something can rise up, as if a spotlight has been shown upon it and you see it with a renewed understanding, of not just its use but its purpose in your life.…
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The American holiday, Thanksgiving, is reportedly based on the Pilgrims who first came to the New Land with almost nothing and really had no skills to survive the coming winter, and as legend has it, the Native Americans decided to share with the newcomers a wonderful meal, each bringing what they could to the table. This beautiful tale has stayed with Americans and has since become one of the most nationally celebrated holidays in all the land, crossing boarders and religions with the simple idea that to give is to receive and to receive is to give. Sharing a table,…
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QUOTES TO MAKE YOU SMILE “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” Audrey Hepburn “Sex appeal is fifty percent what you’ve got and fifty percent what people think you’ve got.” Sophia Loren “The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.” Grace Kelly “Men are good but women are magic.” Catherine Deneuve “I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up!” Ingrid…