Things To Do Today

A couple of years ago, I was sitting in a boardroom meeting with a pad of paper and a pen. The pad of paper was made to write lists on; it said "Things to do Today" at the top and then had numbered lines all the way down.

Here's what I wrote on the paper, under the heading Things to do Today:

1. Affirm the existence of divinity.

2. Take deep cleansing breaths.

3. Express sympathy for others.

4. Appreciate the natural world.

5. Be mindful of thought, word and deed.

6. Do kind works.

7. Embrace creativity.

8. Sleep soundly.

9. Eat healthily.

10. Take joy in physical activity.

I hung it next to my desk at work. At least I READ the list every day, whether I always manage to do it or not. That's worth something, right?

Three Things I'm Really Good At

1. Driving long distances
   
   
2. Lifting heavy objects
   
   
3. Introducing people on stage
   
   

String art, Part 1

A portrait of the artist as a series of search strings: here are the top search queries that led people to my website in November of 2003. This is what I look like to a search engine. In a weird way, it's not far off what I look like to myself.





Top 20 of 68 Total Search Strings



david newland

chainsaw mill

bayberry bush

removing drywall

alaska chainsaw mill

Newland

bayberry bushes

chainsaw milling

drywall arch

hazelwood acoustic project

heaven only knows

newland

open mic toronto

NEWLAND

Suzanne de Bussac

alaska mill

chainsaw lumber milling

hazelwood acoustic

Aengus Finnan Lightfoot

Alaska Mill chainsaw

Favourite Canadian Words

freight train



moose, goose, caboose



maple syrup



shoreline



canoe



loon



eh?

Seen in the Humber Marsh

White swan brooding over eggs

Cormorants in poplar tree rookery

Fisherman with Polish accent, moustache

Mallard ducks dabbling in pairs

Plastic bottles covered in algae

Beer can (brought on board)

Canada geese with goslings

Jumping fish, possibly carp

Parents with child in canoe

Old boat house

Dock