Gardening: Get your cold frame ready

It’s that time of the year to start thinking about using your cold frame. Last week, with the help of my students, we assembled my larger cold frame by placing it on top of an existing raised bed. The 4’x 8’ structure is covered with double plated glass, and insulated with 2” Styrofoam, which protects […]

A Story about Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva:

In India there is a popular story about Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. They were boasting among themselves about their tremendous might. Suddenly a little boy came up and said to Brahma, “What do you create?” “Everything,” Brahma replied grandly. The boy asked the other two gods what their work was. “We preserve and destroy everything,” they answered. The young visitor was holding in his hand a single piece […]

11/14 Destination: Rainbow Mountains, Zhangye Danxia, China

Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech

One of our readers sent us a message saying,“Reading Steve Jobs’ commencement speech is a very lucid practice. Even if you’ve done it before like I’m sure both of you might have.” Click to read (not watch) the transcript of Steve Jobs’ epic Stanford commencement speech. We encourage you to read the transcript but if you […]