Getting down to the stove level

Its now a known thing that our front left burner burns the food compared to the right burner. How I found this is, a recipe gave different results on these burners. Yesterday, I sat down against the island, facing the stove. And there they are 'Power Burner' and 'Accusimmer'. Turn out that the extra burning is a feature.

Counting by Knuckles

On reading ' I have no trouble remembering
that September has thirty days..' in
on rhyme by Billy Collins

I recall a method my dad taught me
about assigning months to the
crests and troughs
of the knuckles and the  space
in between
to know their lengths

How entrepreneurs find opportunity

How entrepreneurs find opportunity

All In

According to HBS, Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled.

Achieving significance

12 ways to achieve significance the level that surpasses success

The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out

You might have been stuck in the dichotomy of wants of your manager and employees. According to The Harvard Business Review Managers Guidebook  
"your supervisor may emphasize planning and resource management, supporting corporate goals, managing risk, and accepting final accountability for your unit. Your employees likely have  a different view: they look to you to organize and direct the group's strategic goals, support them as they accomplish tasks, solve problems, and answer questions decisively, and facilitate their long- term growth"

Power Crunch Peanut Butter Creme

I know its taking it far, becoming  afoodie for protein bars. But this power crunch peanut butter creme puts gourmet into the staid protein bar with its wafer texture.

Drawing Cats

Its so much fun to find a book that teaches you sketching. This stuffing animals with shapes, works eh?

Children's toys

A square
with four squares
2 by 2
cut out

A door
I tell my infant
I second guess
a window

Miniature

A giraffe
at preschool
all limbs
stumpy
fused into
one mold

Lofty in Spring

White tiny flowers on
sparse bushes
along the freeway

Should taxpayers
money be spent
on beautifying
highways asks a
colleague

Plant blindness
crowdfunding

Those white little flowers

The Art of BallPoint

scribble
Line, Shape and Pattern

A Dream

The door opened
to a man in a
sea of chains
with akey
to the door
I was locked in
I was freed
without wishing
and twined
sparsely
back in black

What you want to be known for?

"You reach a point in your life when you start recognizing that your time is limited. And you realize that what matters is more than just your own achievements. Its the legacy. And the legacy in itself is the achievement and what you want to be known for."- Kathy Mazzarella, Graybar


You could reach this point when you lose a loved one.

Repeated Iceberg white tshirt

Saw a colleague
with a white tshirt
a repeating motif
very poem generating

I asked him about it
It must be the
tip of the iceberg shirt
with the iceberg in
different size
in each
representation

Fire wick

Fire wick image from LaraMakepiece is captivating.

Wicked Wind

It would be one thing if the wicks were all in
one direction
But they go left right and back
these multiple wicks
with their own mind

Its a picture from Waldskunt