by mmooney | Mar 15, 2019 | The Friday Message
Hank is wise well beyond his years and has a fine sense of humor. In this case Minecraft and Lego’s come together with their imaginary destructive force called the Formidibomb, or F bomb. Hank is telling me about the characters and interesting things in his video...
by mmooney | Mar 8, 2019 | The Friday Message
Necessity is the mother of invention. This came to mind as we noticed that a pair of nesting owls had moved into last year’s red tail hawk home at Crane Creek. The female nocturnal bird stays patiently in the nest and her mate takes on hunting and feeding duty. The...
by mmooney | Mar 1, 2019 | The Friday Message
Random Megan, my oldest daughter is likely to ask a random question! She announces it beforehand so that you can mentally shift gears to neutral in preparation. I have a friend who has commented to me that my own thought process seems to be more of a stream of...
by mmooney | Feb 22, 2019 | The Friday Message
I have been shoveling snow in McCall, skiing in our epic powder, and trying to learn to pay attention on purpose. After reading an article about 92 year old Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh who is thought of in the West as the father of mindfulness, I looked into his...
by mmooney | Feb 15, 2019 | The Friday Message
This is an epic ski week at Brundage Mountain in McCall. I missed Monday and as luck would have it, consensus opinion “most amazing day ever.” I rode the Chairlift with a bartender who admitted one of his pet peeves was his customers taking delight in reminding him...
by mmooney | Feb 8, 2019 | The Friday Message
Can you name the planets in our solar system in the correct order? There is a game show contest—Are you as smart as a third grader? – this is a preschool lesson. Memory techniques are useful – utilizing acronyms or mnemonics. Hank is five and he can tell...
