2023-10-03 Links

Daily Reads:

Technically they were videos, rather than reads, but hey this is my blog 🙂

All these links were from going down the Tina Roth Eisenberg rabbit-hole. She calls herself an accidental businesswoman, and runs a bunch of companies that started as side projects. Swiss-Miss is her original blog, and is full of great links. Like me, she seems to be using it as a way to publicly share stuff she finds interesting. It was startling to see how many things we have in common – books, quotes, music, music sources, etc etc. A veritable gold-mine of insight from every one of her projects, starting with this 2013 Do lecture.

Trust Breeds Magic

Louis, the 90 year old gentleman on The Art of Letting Go was a heartwarming instagram video from

Carl Sagan on Books

Ever wondered what’s in a name? A school teacher explains 🙂

QOTD:

Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?
-Thomas Wolfe

Music:

Sinead O’Connor & Willie Nelson’s rendition of Don’t Give Up gives me the chills every time. Sinead’s angelic voice blends perfectly with old man Willie’s well worn story-telling voice.

Don’t give up
‘Cause you have friends
Don’t give up
You’re not beaten yet
Don’t give up
I know you can make it good