Entries for date "October 2012"

Sharks in Your Front Yard

The moon governs the tides, as it always has.Heat, evaporation, the earth's rotation, and wind collaborate on storms. Just as they have for billions of years.You live on a former sand dune. You live in a flood plain. You live on a filled-in wetland. Your basement is below sea level.You've…

Catamaran Literary Reader

First published Oct 2012 in the Catamaran Literary Reader, paintings by Ran Ortner. Outre' Banks of the Mind by Wallace J. Nichols outre' (oo’tre) adjective. Unusual and startling, violating convention or propriety: “in 1975 the suggestion was considered outre'—today it is orthodox.” ORIGIN French, literally “exceeded,” past participle of outrer…

A Declaration of Interdependence

directed by @tiffanyshlain, music by MobyA DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE is a cloud film by the filmmakers behind the feature film CONNECTED (in theaters now, http://www.connectedthefilm.com).It premiered simultaneously at Interdependence Day Sept 12, 2011 in New York near Ground Zero and as a featured video on YouTube's homepage.To declare your interdependence…