"We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our mind and hearts to heal." -Thích Nhat Hanh After thirty posts and seventeen months, I am following the famed Vietnamese peace activist and Buddhist monk’s advice. For the … Continue reading A Well-Deserved Rest by Gavin Lakin – Post 31
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Summer Vacation by Gavin Lakin – Post 30
Click here: A soundtrack for your reading pleasure. “I share my name with an aerobatic bird that can whiz across a whole summer sky in seconds. A swift is so equipped for speed that it can scarcely cope with being stationary.” -Graham Swift What I Did . . . Upon returning to school, tepid heat … Continue reading Summer Vacation by Gavin Lakin – Post 30
When Songs Were Instrumental in My Life by Gavin Lakin – Post 29
“I realized a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.” -Carlos Santana Whether a philharmonic symphony in a concert hall, or the street musician on a cold slab of concrete playing “real good for free,” instrumental music has … Continue reading When Songs Were Instrumental in My Life by Gavin Lakin – Post 29
Revisiting Our Most Visited Post from 2017: “Communication Breakdown Over the Decades or Have You Become an ‘Ex’ via Text?” By Gavin Lakin – Post #9 (April 21, 2017)
Note: Annually and in in retrospect, I will feature a post from the previous year that soared above and struck a special chord in readers and online publishers. Communication with all of its joys and bewilderment is at the heart of American society's fork in the road: Do we allow technology to continue to dominate … Continue reading Revisiting Our Most Visited Post from 2017: “Communication Breakdown Over the Decades or Have You Become an ‘Ex’ via Text?” By Gavin Lakin – Post #9 (April 21, 2017)
March Gladness: The Sweet 16; This Writer’s Bracketology of Humanity-Affirming Celebrations – Post 27 By Gavin Lakin
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder As we gather together today for the global March for Our Lives, in support of this youth-inspired mass action, seventiesology stands with a generation that clearly has had enough. As I began writing this piece strolling through … Continue reading March Gladness: The Sweet 16; This Writer’s Bracketology of Humanity-Affirming Celebrations – Post 27 By Gavin Lakin
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