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Find a bit of beauty in the world today

September 22, 2024 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

A bee rests in the middle of a basil plant

Find a bit of beauty in the world today.Share it.  If you can’t find it, create it.Some days this may be hard to do.Persevere. – Lisa Bonchek Adams Today would have been the 92nd birthday of my “third grandfather,” Mitsuru Yasuhara. One of my goals for his final weeks was to spark joy at least […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder, end of life Tagged With: caregivers, family, hospice, Lisa Bonchek Adams

Bits of beauty

March 24, 2020 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

Flowers beautifully arranged in a bowl

“Find a bit of beauty in the world today. Share it. If you can’t find it, create it. Some days this may be hard to do. Persevere.” – Lisa Bonchek Adams (1969-2015) This is a hard time. There’s no getting around it. But I keep finding glimmers of light and bits of beauty, online and […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder Tagged With: Lisa Bonchek Adams, Wakelet

Persistence vs. flow

March 11, 2014 By Susannah Fox 18 Comments

Aerial view of Choptank River with meandering tributaries cutting through greenery

The Pew Research Center has released its latest report celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Web. This one looks forward to 2025, with experts’ predictions. Here’s my favorite quote so far, from the “Pithy Additions” section: Jerry Michalski, founder of REX, the Relationship Economy eXpedition, observed, “The Internet gives us Persistence — the ability to leave things for […]

Filed Under: internet geology, trends & principles Tagged With: #bcsm, AIDS.gov, Bedsider, Flip the Clinic, Jerry Michalski, Lisa Bonchek Adams, patientslikeme, Pew Research Center, SeattleMamaDoc, Smart Patients

The network is our superpower

January 20, 2014 By Susannah Fox 22 Comments

Justice League by roadkillbuddha on Flickr

My kids love to talk about superpowers — the ability to fly, to heal, to be in two places at once, or to have super-strength. We debate the merits of each one, which combinations we would choose if we could have two, etc. I’ve come to realize that I have a superpower. We all do. […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, social media Tagged With: Dan Fleshler, diabetesmine, Lisa Bonchek Adams

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