Hayden is a little over 8 months old. She is a great baby that lights up any room she graces with her presence. She attracts a crowd in public places. There is never a shortage of people that want to hold her. I know she feels the love.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Introducing Hayden the youngest
Hayden is a little over 8 months old. She is a great baby that lights up any room she graces with her presence. She attracts a crowd in public places. There is never a shortage of people that want to hold her. I know she feels the love.
Better keep honing them skills
I read that 7 of the top 10 jobs that will be in demand in 2010 did not exist in 2004. How do you train for jobs that don't exist using technology that hasn't been invented? How do we compete as the world continues to flatten? If you take the 25% smartest Indians, that is more people than the US population. Creativity skills will likely be the differentiators. We need to absorb knowledge and dream the impossible. ... and know your computer, by 2049 a $1,000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species.
The condors were out this morning. We have up to 100 of them that like to hang out on a power pole just off the property. Some have 6+ foot wingspans. I love to watch them glide ... with such grace. ... 50 or 60 of them at a time, now that's fun. As Michael used to say, "Cow bones are my life."
The condors were out this morning. We have up to 100 of them that like to hang out on a power pole just off the property. Some have 6+ foot wingspans. I love to watch them glide ... with such grace. ... 50 or 60 of them at a time, now that's fun. As Michael used to say, "Cow bones are my life."
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Dinner with Young Son
Last night the wonderful wife and I took Young Son, Michael, to dinner at our favorite steak restaurant, Del Frisco's. We found that they are not immune to the economic tsunami. When Shirley ordered her favorite salad, tomato and mozzarella, we were told that they were not offering it until the economy comes back. They have $160 lobster but they had to cut back on a salad. The waitress soon returned to tell us the good news, "tonight they do have a mozzarella and tomato salad, but only an Italian one, not the French." The French??
Walden is an 126 acre farm in northeast Texas with rolling hills, creek, woods, fields and a small lake shared with another farmer on the other side. The birds are great: Texas condors (buzzards), martins, road runners, killdeer, mockingbirds, egrets, great egrets, sand cranes, owls, white tail hawks and many more. ... add armadillos, rabbits, sheep, cows, horses and there is always something going on. I'll be showing you a lot of pictuires, maybe sound effects if I'm smart enough to figure out how.
How about that population? Every week the world adds 3,500,000 new people. Basically the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul added every week. What about the resources to feed and shelter them? What about the animals? Where are they going to live? I think we need to be more concerned about the quality of life (all of us including animals) than the quantity.
Walden is an 126 acre farm in northeast Texas with rolling hills, creek, woods, fields and a small lake shared with another farmer on the other side. The birds are great: Texas condors (buzzards), martins, road runners, killdeer, mockingbirds, egrets, great egrets, sand cranes, owls, white tail hawks and many more. ... add armadillos, rabbits, sheep, cows, horses and there is always something going on. I'll be showing you a lot of pictuires, maybe sound effects if I'm smart enough to figure out how.
How about that population? Every week the world adds 3,500,000 new people. Basically the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul added every week. What about the resources to feed and shelter them? What about the animals? Where are they going to live? I think we need to be more concerned about the quality of life (all of us including animals) than the quantity.
Young Son (Michael)
May be the only time he wore a sports coat
. Michael is studying at Berkeley for his PhD in chemistry. Two of his strengths are that he does the research until he gets it right (obsessive/compulsive from his mother) and he can write in clear English ... wish I could. 
. Michael is studying at Berkeley for his PhD in chemistry. Two of his strengths are that he does the research until he gets it right (obsessive/compulsive from his mother) and he can write in clear English ... wish I could. Monday, December 29, 2008
Why Walden Way
I'm starting this blog to get back into writing. It is about family and friends at a place we love called Walden. It's about the secret to happiness - being grateful everyday ... without getting syrupy. I'll be posting pictures and stories about life on Walden. I'll also add the interesting stuff I learned that day, usually from watching CSPAN or listening to BBC late at night. .... pretty sad huh.
The most thought provoking thing I've read in the last 24 hours is that us meat eaters should switch to eating roos ... or not eating meat. Cows, sheep and goats account for more global warming (18%) than all our modes of transportation ... cars, buses, trucks and planes. Wow!! What about cheese?? I could live without meat but I'm not sure about cheese.
Tomorrow I'll start about Walden.
The most thought provoking thing I've read in the last 24 hours is that us meat eaters should switch to eating roos ... or not eating meat. Cows, sheep and goats account for more global warming (18%) than all our modes of transportation ... cars, buses, trucks and planes. Wow!! What about cheese?? I could live without meat but I'm not sure about cheese.
Tomorrow I'll start about Walden.
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