The Sunday Pranasphere The Clock Hiding Inside the Compass | Leigha Nicole The Clock Hiding Inside the Compass:"the same instrument doing two jobs at once — one hand pointing toward direction, the other quietly keeping time." Featured Lesson: The Clock Hiding Inside the CompassThis Week’s Sponsor: Leigha NicoleBetween The CoversAtomic Habits and The Next Conversation The Clock Hiding Inside the Compass “the same instrument doing two jobs at once — one hand pointing toward direction, the other...
24 days ago • 4 min read
The Sunday Pranasphere Sequoia Sempervirens: A Quiet Reciprocity Dennis Dean, Avenue of the Giants: Humboldt, Ca. 6-17-2026 Featured Lesson: A Quiet ReciprocityThe Hard Wired: Socotra Island, Yemen Between the Covers: The OverstoryThis Week’s Sponsor: Florence Quinn Hi Friend,Get the download, PDF style:Featured Lesson: A Quiet Reciprocity The above photo of me standing at the base of an uprooted redwood in Humboldt just a few weeks ago seems to do a great job of showing scale. But with a...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
2Rt Mate Tuesday My Weekly Dispatch On the road again.. Just got back a few days ago from road trip. Traveled up the California Coast to Bandon, Oregon where I dropped off a friend that had been traveling with me. He has a house and quite a bit of land there, so the timing was perfect for him to jump in the truck with me & trade stories...From there, I continued up the coast of Oregon then over Bend, Oregon to help a friend troubleshoot the ins and outs of buying a home. Then on to Missoula,...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
The Sunday Pranasphere Ikigai and the Quiet Architecture of a Life Hi Friend, I came across a Japanese word years ago—ikigai. It’s often translated as “a reason for being,” but it’s not that heavy. More like a small, steady sense that your life has direction, even in the ordinary moments. My first girlfriend was Japanese, Cynthia Izumi Fujimoto. I learned many things from her, and this was one of the first. One day she simply handed me a piece of paper with ikigai written on it. That was it.I...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The Sunday Pranasphere By-The-Wind-Sailor: Velella Velella This was taken at Stone Steps in Encinitas, Ca. by yours truly. Hi Friend, I've been bookmarking my days with a dip in the ocean early in the morning and yet another at sunset, regardless of the weather. Every day seems to be such an adventure when it comes to observing the subtleties of the landscape, including, of course, the widely diverse colors and moods of the ocean.The beach this morning was covered with thousands of the most...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The Sunday Pranasphere Aesthesis of Devotion in a Visible Province Artist Banksy confirmed he is behind 'Season's greetings' in Port Talbo Hi Friend, Tomorrow I’ll head into San Diego to spend time with an artist whose work I’ve followed for decades. My fascination began in my twenties. Since then, I’ve found myself standing in front of their pieces in Paris, London, New York, Prague — quietly making pilgrimages whenever I could. There is something about seeing the work in person that has...
5 months ago • 2 min read
The Sunday Pranasphere Nature is the answer again.. Borrego Springs, California Hi Friend, Tomorrow I will drive east toward Borrego Springs, into the wide austerity of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, where the desert is once again in conversation with our latest rain storms. When the Southern California desert flowers, it does so with true authority. What appears barren for most of the year suddenly reveals a hidden treasury—dunes stitched with evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides), washes...
5 months ago • 1 min read
The Sunday Pranasphere Marie Curie | Neurodivergent Cardiff Reef, Cardiff By The Sea - Ca. Hi Friend, After class yesterday, I had the unique opportunity to go swimming with my mate Marc, who had attended the class. We went swimming out at the Cardiff-by-the-Sea reef, where some extremely big waves are hitting the coast right now and the rip current is in full force, which made it incredibly fun for both of us, as we are very strong swimmers. All the same, we could feel the magnificent Pranic...
6 months ago • 3 min read
The Sunday Pranasphere Robyn Barron | Cultural Homeostasis Robyn Barron, The Art of Balance Featured Lesson: Cultural Homeostasis Between the Covers: One Sitting Books PDF↓The Hard Wired: Robyn Barron Hi Friend, I often teach a class for my students on Sundays, 9:00–10:45am. Before, during, and after class there is a wonderful mixture of insightful, playful, and endearing conversation that often informs The Sunday Pranasphere. Today we had quite the mixture of personal anatomical analysis,...
6 months ago • 3 min read