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Traveling in Ireland : discover the wild Atlantic northwest coast !

Traveling in Ireland : discover the wild Atlantic northwest coast ! from travel VOX on Vimeo.

Fun & Easy Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Chia Pudding

Pumpkin Spice Chia Pudding We’ve talked about the benefits of adding chia seeds to your diet in earlier posts. Here’s a quick, fun, healthy recipe that Danielle and I often make: Pumpkin Spice Chia Pudding 1 Cup of Raw Chia Seeds 1 1/2 Cup Almond Milk (or coconut milk) 1/2 Chopped Banana 2 Teaspoons Cinnamon 2 Teaspoons Ground Ginger […]

Hiking Iargo Springs, Northern Michigan

My girlfriend and I had a chance to hike a nice 4 mile trail on Wednesday morning. It was a crisp morning with 40 degree weather. It was so nice to be able to walk, listen to nature, see nature and enjoy the time together. Iargo Springs provides a spectacular panoramic view of the AuSable […]

“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value — zero.”

~Voltaire

10/24 Destination: Santiago, Chile

Watch a hand-lettering master at work

Glen Weisgerber is a wizard at the art of hand-lettering. Make sure you watch all the way through for the big flourish-y finish. Via Kottke  

Pale Blue Dot Part 2

Stumbling Onto The Path of Awakening

Aubrey Nicole does an amasing job for Intent Blog explaining why yoga and meditation are profound introductions to mindfulness. My path to awakening began in 2005, when during a time of major transition and deep personal sadness, my mother suggested I might find relief with yoga. She put me in touch with her friend, Grace, a yoga […]

Two Dry Nations

Amazing Amsterdam Bicycle Video

Amsterdam is widely considered to be one of the very best cities for cyclists in the world. That didn’t happen by accident, and seeing images from a few decades ago when the city was choked with cars really brings the point home. The locals took some very specific steps to get to where they are […]

“Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.”

~Lawrence Durrell

10/23 Destination: Osaka Castle, Japan

Via Imgur  

“Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.”

~Sonia Ricotti

Indonesian Road Trip

Indonesia 2013 from Jake on Vimeo.

Jeff Speck: The walkable city

6 Key Lessons from Lao Tzu Poem

Key Lessons from Lao Tzu Poem Danielle made this card for me over the summer at a time when I was working probably “too hard” on a few projects. The card features a beautiful poem by Lao Tzu: Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, […]

How One Man Earned 4 Million Airline Miles by Buying Dollar Coins

Rewards cards are a great way to earn free cash and travel, provided you don’t carry a balance or pay a big annual fee. But it can take a while to see a significant return: If your card earns a standard 1 percent cash back, spending $10,000 on the card gets you just $100. And the […]

“There is no remedy for love but to love more.”

-Henry David Thoreau

10/22 Destination: Yamdrok Lake, Tibet

Corn in Ontario

Disconnecting, to Connect

Via Nunodonato on Reddit: “6 months ago (time flies!) I closed my Facebook account. I feared I’d miss important things. I never used it a lot, but liked to share interesting stuff and also to read the posts of a few people. Honestly speaking, I never imagined it would be that easy. Since the day […]

5 Healthy Foods to Boost Your Energy

We’re always on the go – whether it’s packing the kids up for school, hitting the gym, or just getting through a project at work – and we constantly rely on high levels of energy to get through it all. Yet no matter how many cups of coffee we’ve had, there are times when we […]

Interesting Short Video of Ashtanga Yoga Shala in Belgrade

Athens Greece Time Lapse Video

Athens from DANIEL RHODES on Vimeo.

“Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”

—Thomas Paine ~ The Rights of Man

10/21 Art: Tree Art

The New, New York?

We have talked before about Jim Rogers as a person who is not afraid to “think differently.” As a young adult he co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros. After a few years of living in New York City, he realized that  he wanted more out of his life and went on his first trip […]

10/21 Destination: Paris at Night

Via Wikimedia

Adventure is Calling

Adventure Is Calling from Shane Black on Vimeo. Shane Black: This summer, two friends and myself all left our comfortable jobs of six years to spend two months traveling across the country and teaching photography workshops along the way. We all felt that it was time to take a risk and get out of our comfort […]

99 Life Hacks

Some of these might help some of us while we travel. Enjoy 98 other life-hacks — here.  

Life is growth.

~ Morihei Ueshiba from The Art of Peace

A Parable on Modern Life

The animals met in assembly and began to complain that humans were always taking things away from them.   “They take my milk,” said the cow. “They take my eggs.” said the hen. “They take my flesh for bacon,” said the hog. “They hunt me for my oil,” said the whale.   Finally the snail […]

Beautiful Insights from a Meditation Retreat

Beautiful Insights from a Meditation Retreat I’ve never been on a meditation retreat but I’ve heard amazing things. A week in silence. No TV. No cell phone. No computer. No speaking. Just you, your fellow meditators, and your own mind. Ironically, the people who think this sounds like a torturous experience are probably the ones […]

Beautiful 5 Minute Video: Ashtanga Yoga Mysore Style in Florence

“Being deeply loved gives you strength, loving deeply gives you courage.” ~Lao Tzu

10/18 Art: Sanctuary

Making of a Champion: Seattle Seahawks

It is great to watch a group of young men acknowledge a Higher power, and be thankful for everything we have all been given.

Journey to the South Pacific – IMAX Trailer

Becoming a Bodhisattva

Becoming a Bodhisattva I’ve always been intrigued by what becoming a Bodhisattva means. A few months back I was at Jois yoga shala, and I had asked the lead teacher there about the word Bodhisattva. I see it in a lot of books, and I am always drawn to learn more about the word with […]

The Grand Tetons from Shadow Mountain. Jackson, WY

Via Imgur