by Splabman | Dec 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Kinship of Rivers is an international project engaging art, poetry, stories, music, dance and food to connect people and communities along the Mississippi and Yangtze Rivers. Founded in 2011 by Wang Ping, we caught up with her on December 26, 2012, via Skype to...
by Splabman | Dec 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
My Dad, Paul Everett Nelson Senior, is 84 today, December 27, 2012. A few years ago I wrote a haibun that started as one of my reminiscences of a couple of our early experiences at Comiskey Park, the home of our beloved White Sox until 1990. Happy Birthday Pop! Link...
by Splabman | Dec 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cecile Andrews, former columnist for the Seattle Times and expert on Voluntary Simplicity is author of: The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life. She discussed the concept of Voluntary Simplicity, the complicated and unrewarding nature of the modern American...
by Splabman | Dec 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
John de Graaf is a documentary filmmaker for PBS. He discussed what he calls the epidemic of overworking in America, how Western Europeans get more leisure time and vacations, as well as his effort behind Take Back Your Time Day, to happen on October 24, 2003. Promo...