Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Recommended Resources --  March 26th already... whew, time has flown this year. The land around us is greening up nicely, gardens are being planted and dogs are feeling frisky, wanting to play and romp and get good and dirty. lol There is nothing like spring.  Today, I'd like to focus on resources that fall in the category of respecting nature. The more we learn about nature, the more we respect it, adore it, try to emulate it, and we inevitably evolve to want to protect it.  Each of these three recommended resources below offer stunning imagery and amazing knowledge about the seemingly smallest of things: http://www.ted.com/talks/jaap_de_roode_how_butterflies_self_medicate http://www.ted.com/talks/asha_de_vos_why_you_should_care_about_whale_poo http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_nicklen_tales_of_ice_bound_wonderlands http://www.facebook.com/lillian.brummet   http:...

-- Recommended Resources --  Here we are nearly mid-way through February 2017... how are you feeling about the new year? I like to challenge my readers to avoid negative information and seek out positive sources of information, entertainment and networking opportunities by offering these posts - recommending resources that may just inspire you, bring a ray of positivity to your day or offer a positive point to bring up in conversations as the week progresses. Buildings (with the construction, deconstruction, waste, maintenance, upgrades and energy consumption) add up to quite the impact on the health of our environment. There are all kinds of small and large things that people can choose to do to improve their residence that we highlight in our "Trash Talk" book series (see links at the end of today's post). I encourage you to check out the books and apply whatever ideas work for your situation. We have done those activities for every rental home and our 2 owned hom...

-- Recommended Resources --  -- http://www.ted.com/talks/beardyman_the_polyphonic_me Frustrated by not being able to sing two notes at the same time, musical inventor Beardyman built a machine to allow him to create loops and layers from just the sounds he makes with his voice. Given that he can effortlessly conjure the sound of everything from crying babies to buzzing flies, not to mention mimic pretty much any musical instrument imaginable, that's a lot of different sounds. Sit back and let the wall of sound of this dazzling performance wash over you. -- http://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistically, culturally — than it seems, and it’s all good news. -- http://www.ted.com/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs In this inspiring talk about ...