• Thirst Quencher

    “Everything we’re forced to learn at school we quickly forget, but the things we set out to learn ourselves — to quench a thirst — are never forgotten, and inevitably become an important part of our existence.”—Werner Herzog

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  • The Art Of Un-Noticing

    One of my favorite writers, Rob Walker, has a brilliant book on my shelves (thanks, Mom) titled “The Art Of Noticing: 131 ways to spark creativity, find inspiration and discover joy in the everyday.” He also has an excellent weekly newsletter I subscribe to in…

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  • Human Feeders

    I think it was Kleon who used the phrase “human bird feeders” to describe those places that attract and feed us. A Little Free Library certainly counts as a feeding place. We ventured out for some geocaching after lunch today and had a 2-for-1 special…

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  • 50/365

    My photo-a-day project is going so far so good with 50 days in a row using my Hipstamatic camera. Check them out on the photography portfolio website, Photo Denbow.com 50/365

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  • You’ve Been Served

    Now that I am back home for a bit I can finally play around and setup the Mac Mini desktop computer as a standalone file server. “Minnie” is all setup to host and share any number of photos, music, videos and documents to any of…

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  • Death Before Inadequacy

    “Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.” — Bertolt Brecht “Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.” – Cesare Pavese

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  • Two Essential Apps

    Day One- Over the previous ten years I have enjoyed using this journaling app and just re-subscribed. I appreciate the attention to logging every detail that may be used in context with, well, the text I input. Details such as the music I was listening…

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  • Lunar New Year

    Last week I ventured out to celebrate the ancient “Chinese New Year”, and then realized that a majority of Asian nations also celebrate but collectively call it “Lunar New Year.” Parade on the Avenida de Americas in downtown Houston Dragon + Lion dances through the…

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  • Pause, Stop, Off.

    It is time for us to create a “television escape club” and it is past time to do whatever we want. During my work travels for the past 15 weeks, I rarely streamed any movies or shows. The hotel televisions gathered dust and I ignored…

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  • Issue #1

    2024-02-18 *Author’s Note: I have published this e-mailed newsletter here on the website as a preview/promotion of what to expect when you subscribe For a grand total of $0. Forever. Hello and welcome to the first edition of this newsletter. Every weekend I plan on…

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