Category Archives: Reflecting

From my chair: Tending the vines of life

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Skip Walter

I am immersing myself in all things Camino.  During the V crisis, I have dreams of walking the Camino de Santiago a year from now.  This morning I am reading Walk in a Relaxed Manner: Life Lessons from the Camino … Continue reading →

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Wake Up!

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Skip Walter

During November 2014, I took a “Communicating with Power and Presence Workshop” put on by the TAI Group in New York City with several colleagues.  On the second day, we gave a five minute business presentation and then received extensive … Continue reading →

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Flow in the age of the “V”

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Skip Walter

I texted my brother about the corona virus.  He replied “You are so old school bro.  To have street cred you need to start calling it the ‘V.’”  As we self-quarantine due to our age and health, V takes on … Continue reading →

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Homage to a decaying stump

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Skip Walter

For twenty years I’ve walked around Blakely Pond at the end of Blakely Harbor.  Yet, I never noticed this rotting stump until the right combination of ebbing tide, bright sun, just enough evaporation from the stump, and “waking up!” to … Continue reading →

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collaborate: create – A Forward Flux Production

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Skip Walter

In the center of the Fremont Abbey Arts Center Main Floor, a 9 x 12 foot cotton mat is laid out carefully midway through collaborate:create. A young man silently passes a young woman on the mat. This pantomime repeats for several … Continue reading →

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On Mediating

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Skip Walter

“Mediating doesn’t fit in that sequence,” Gifford (Yoda) Booth shared. We were asked to take our essential internal creative process and reflect on it to make sure that it was complete. I’d just finished presenting my homework assignment on what … Continue reading →

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Reflecting: Our Closest Friend

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Skip Walter

Reflecting Reading of the Day: Barrows, Anita; Macy, Joanna (2009-10-29). A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke (p. 6). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Our Closest Friend Several colleagues twenty years ago formed a group called … Continue reading →

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Reflecting: The Impermanence We Are

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Skip Walter

Reflecting Reading of the Day: Barrows, Anita; Macy, Joanna (2009-10-29). A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke (p. 5). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. The Impermanence We Are Many years ago while building medical information systems … Continue reading →

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Reflecting: Life’s Bestowal of Riches

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Skip Walter

Reflecting Reading of the Day: Barrows, Anita; Macy, Joanna (2009-10-29). A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke (p. 4). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Life’s Bestowal of Riches As I move into the last trimester of … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneur’s 12 Step Program

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Skip Walter

With deepest respect to the 12 Step program for recovery, which has meant so much to family members, friends and colleagues in their daily struggle in recovery, I draw from the program to poke a little fun at those of … Continue reading →

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