Author: onestring

New Theory on Dinosaur Extinction?

In university I studied Earth Sciences and had to write many research papers.  One of my favourite topics to write on when the subject allowed it was the Cretaceous/Tertiary extinction event — the extinction event that eliminated the dinosaurs.  So…

The Nature of Waste

Did native North Americans have garbage dumps?  I don’t think so.  I recall learning all about how every part of an antelope or bison was used for something by natives — and nothing at all was wasted.  And why was…

Awakening

I remember a moment of awakening for me about three years ago.  I found myself walking through a Walmart.  I was like anyone else in there — looking around for what I came for, but also scoping for things that…

The Value of Things

I was having a discussion with a friend recently in which he lamented about the number of gifts his children had received for Christmas.  It was January 16th and there were still a few gifts under the tree, not yet…

Me to We: Four paragraphs

I am currently reading Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World by Craig and Marc Keilburger.  On pages 44-45 I came across a few paragraphs that ring so true for me and echo so well some of the…

Meta-attribution

I decided to put a little effort into certifying the phrasing of my random quotes over on the right and adding attributions where I have none.  In Googling for an attribution for this one…. Originality has been described as “the…