Newt X-ing
Why did the newt cross the road? MMMM…. I would have thought that our favourite local newt would have several good lines for that! Our Cortes Island newts are the rough-skinned newt, which [...]
Why did the newt cross the road? MMMM…. I would have thought that our favourite local newt would have several good lines for that! Our Cortes Island newts are the rough-skinned newt, which [...]
At 43 feet, Misty Isles is certainly the biggest member of our family! Since purchasing the schooner in 1997, I’ve become known on Cortes Island as “Misty Mike,” as each summer [...]
Here are some direct quotes from members of senior management teams in organizations ranging from leading corporations to national nonprofits: We don’t say in team meetings what we say to each [...]
Trust. I’ve been considering the source and nature of trust. I tend to think in visual images and poetic metaphors, so some new ways to communicate have emerged as I’ve explored this set of [...]
One of my favorite quotes on writing, about the importance of throwing out material, comes from Annie Dillard’s book, The Writing Life. Here is what Dillard says about arriving at an unexpected [...]
I’m sitting across the table from one of the Program Coordinators at a prestigious East Coast University. I know this programmer well as she has booked me every year for nearly a decade to [...]
As a teacher of sustainable living, it was an easy pick for me to design and build my own tiny house. Hi, my name is Kenton Zerbin, and I teach a field of design called Permaculture that [...]
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