Never lose a holy curiosity. — Albert Einstein. I am fascinated by concepts such as infinity, the number pi, how the human brain works. The biographer, Walter Isaacson, commented that one of the common characteristics of the genius of Leonardo Da Vinci and Einstein was their curiosity. Da Vinci did a whole study on how a…
Author: Webb Hubbell
Leading Wherever I Choose
Bonnie Smith Whitehouse’s journal for mindful walking takes its title from Walt Whitman’s poem, Song of the Open Road, which begins: Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me. The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. There are so many times we carry a heavy heart, the…
Mingle The Starlight With Your Lives
Mingle the starlight with your lives and you won’t be fretted by trifles. — the pioneering 19th-century astronomer Maria Mitchell. Years of learning has taught me to to be more conscious of my surroundings and to appreciate what I used to take for granted. One of those surroundings is the night sky and the mystery and…
Nothing More To Take Away
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I had actually planned on a different Pew this morning, but in my in box was the above from my friend Robin and i couldn’t resist. As we become wiser, older,…
To Walk Alone Is The Greatest Rest
To walk alone in London is the greatest rest. — Virginia Woolf. My readers may wonder why I’m fixated about walking. Two reasons, in a week I will head to a beach to be revitalized by long beach walks and the company of friends. The second is that after fifty years of agony, I am having…