CR, Going through some journal entries from a few months ago and found this from a Seneca quote: [The wise man] does not have to walk nervously or cautiously, for he has such self confidence that he does not hesitate to make a stand against fortune and will never give ground to her. He has …
I found I love the American West, that there’s a whole hell of a lot of country out there that is still pretty untouched, that there’s nothing like the warm rays of first light on a cold desert morning, that freedom is worth running fast and loose for, and that the most important things for …
tough sense of humor/levity show generosity conscious of diction/vocabulary Justifiable self confidence and belief in self read for professional development Joy in their work care for others Respect for blue collar work and craftsmen Attention to detail Integrity Self awareness of ability/capability Understands the place of physicality Willingness to face facts List makers Written goals Talking to yourself Lack …
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CR, Am reading “Let My People Go Surfing” by Chouinard and these passages stood out enough for me to adapt them to my own work, with inspiration for a more concrete personal philosophy. Cheers, NFH Philosophy of Architecture (from Let My People Go Surfing, Y Chouinard 1. Don’t build a new building unless it’s absolutely …
CR, I probably should have added a few choice pieces of writing lifted off of Steve Solomon’s website (www.soilandhealth.org). Here are a few to whet your appetite. I think you’ll really dig this guy: I have irradicable propensities toward independence, the expression of personal sovereignty and the exercise of liberty. Great dying words: “I do not …
Awesome, I’m stoked to meet him. I’m looking forward to the Zion trip, I’m going to have to break off from the Indoc course for a day or so but that shouldn’t be a big deal. I’m thinking about building an (amateur, I know) wood bed/rack for the truck until I figure out exactly what …
Having successfully made it through changing out the seal between the distributor cap and the injection pump a few months ago, I figured that changing out the top cover seal and the QA seal would be a snap, especially since I just got VAG COM. Not so. I went to scribe marks on the for …
Unselfishness is the bedrock of righteous living. One must be unselfish before understanding and applying impeccability, stoicism, breathing and smell, asceticism, finite time, building blocks, and a common thread.
On a warm May morning last spring I walked out of my house in San Clemente and down the overgrown trail to Trestles’s for an early surf. I paddled out to glass and the peace that comes with a morning session. Tuesday morning, twenty surfers. A four foot swell coming in from the south, just above …
13 February 2001. Journal entry: “Tomorrow we will attempt to make San Juan del Sur. We have spent the evening talking with ‘Harmony’ and ’ Slipaway’. The weather reports they have given us are not good. We are running low on food, and the wind is still high. This moment seems very serious now, with …