Complete Collection (Volume 1): Live Deeply

Description

For those hungry and ready to dig into a comprehensive collection of deeper life reflections.  

Spanning 713 pages and over 350 short, punchy and succinct notes, this volume promises to offer the reader many moments of expansive, thought-pondering reads.

Besides including all the notes from the Substack Lite version, this volume features notes like:

• Hood River encounters from the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
• Meeting a 1,200 year old tree (“Old Stump”) on an Oregon coastal beach.
• California coastal redwoods nature trails wonder.
• Introduction to banana slugs.
• Bergamot sample from a Brazilian salesgirl.
• How Job Beardsley helped introduce Porto wine to the world.
• What US federal employees and Master Mateo (1150-1217) have in common.
• Inspiration from Pastéis de Belém – a historic bakery in Lisbon, Portugal near the 16th century Jerónimos Monastery.   What would you pen if you were there?
• Mention of the legendary gospel singer, Cece Winans.
• More poems such as Fernando Pessoa’s “When Spring Comes”, Rudyard Kipling’s “If” and Goethe’s “The Holy Longing” for your reading pleasure. 
• A note on Chinese calligraphy which I hope inspires your creative path!
• A visual and post of a SanDisk chip from yesteryears – who would have imagined this company would play such a pivotal role in our current AI race?
• An exquisite pair of scissors from Nanjing Lu in Shanghai, China.
• Visual quotes created using Canva, inspired by words from Emily Dickens, Alan Watts, Colette and e e cummings.  Which one is your favorite?
• My travel postcard creations – what would you do with yours?
• “Are You Afraid of Mornings?” poem and insights about life from a Jungian depth psychology perspective.
• Floral beauty notes that lift your spirit as well as memento mori thoughts. 

This PDF product also contains numerous journal prompts to help the reader engage with deeper life explorations and excavations. Also shared here is a wide selection of many awe-inspiring photos captured from various travels and daily life.  

What would your life notes look like? I hope this product sparks some good ideas for you. Thank you for your purchase of my labor of love.  Drop me a note on the contact page or find me on Linkedin for services.