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More money, less happy
Since a new author is seldom wealthy, studies like this one are encouraging. It shows that once we have money enough to cover essentials, adding more money decreases our likelihood of “savouring” life. Even just thinking of money decreases “savour”. So if savour is the ability to enjoy the present moment, the now of life,…
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Talking about animals…
Over at BlogHer, ClizBiz has an interview with Dr Alan Beck that discusses interaction between humans and animals. Among other insights, installing fish tanks in nursing homes helped Alzheimer residents calm and eat more.
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I’m struggling with this whole image html link thing. Hope it works, and if the click through has vanished, the cat is Piper http://www.lolcats.com/view/23311/ Cute cat.
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Monday Mornings
I’m not a swimmer, but if I were I’d say Monday mornings are a bit like going down to the beach in winter, stripping down to bathers, dipping the toe in the water and hesitating. You’re there, you’re eager to swim, but you just can’t quite make yourself jump in. So at the moment, I’m wading.…
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“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by Yeats
…a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade.