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Elul
The Elul program of The Mussar Institute is only available to monthly supporters (Chaverim) so only a few people who subscribe to this blog will have…
Aug 23
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Your flight is boarding
The new moon that ushers in the Hebrew month of Elul just passed, announcing loudly that it is only one month until Rosh Hashana.
Aug 16
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Holy Thriving
A few posts back I wrote about the role of Mussar in bringing a human being to flourish.
Aug 9
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Changing the World
Children see things adults used to be able to see but have grown blind to.
Aug 2
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July 2026
My Country is on Fire
Although smoke from forest fires on the mainland clouds the air over the strait, it barely reaches this island, and for that we are grateful.
Jul 26
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Redeeming Sadness
Thursday of this week is Tisha b’Av, which marks the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.
Jul 19
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I need to be an extremist
I feel I need to be an extremist.
Jul 12
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Thoughts on Thriving
As I wrote last week, I have been spending a lot of time in the forest.
Jul 5
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June 2026
Grateful for my teacher, the tree
Our cabin on Hornby Island is surrounded on three sides by forest, and the fourth side opens to the ocean, and more specifically the Salish Sea that…
Jun 28
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With What Will You Die?
Over 30 years ago, Bev and I bought a piece of land on Hornby Island, a very small rock located off the west coast of Canada.
Jun 21
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Reinventing the wheel
I get a weekly email from the Rhodes Scholarship people, and last week’s bulletin mentioned an offering from Wake Forest University called “Program for…
Jun 14
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Two Lessons (that are One) from my Book Tour
*With a stop for coffee*
Jun 7
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