Mosaics
A morning coffee geography mini game. Part of my wider project, Meridians.
Everything I do on this website goes towards planting a forest
So far, I have managed to plant 500 trees through my projects.
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99 Riddles
This is the list of all the riddles from the 99 Riddles booklet.
Meridians: The Bobbest Countries
As a geography geek I'm pretty much fascinated by the various indexes and numbers meant to provide invaluable insight into our existence...
- 2 days ago
When All the Squirrels Pointed North
One day I wished that the squirrels all had their tails pointing north. I made them point north just by wishing it! It looked as if a...
- 6 days ago
83 Problems
One farmer came to the monastery to seek advice from a famous Zen teacher. “I like farming,” the farmer started, “but sometimes it...
- 7 days ago
Waiting for the Barbarians
"What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum?" "The barbarians are due here today." "Why isn't anything happening in the senate? Why...
- Nov 18
The Book and the Key
Short dialogue between two Sufis: "I could sell the Book of Truth for a thousand pounds of gold, and some would still say, this is not...
- Nov 12
The Work of a Donkey is Never Done
The priests of the goddess Cybele used a donkey to carry their luggage when they went around begging for alms. When the donkey finally...
- Nov 12
The Protest
So I was walking on one of those creaky, dangly wooden bridges, like you guys have seen only in magazines or in Indiana Jones. I was...
- Nov 4
The Reward
A short Arabic poem tells the story of a raindrop which, falling into the sea, cried out, "Oh, sea, how insignificant I am next to your...
- Oct 22
The Antelope at Sunset
An antelope got lost from his heard and was wandering at the edge of the desert...
- Oct 15
Autumn
Another take on autumn, quite different than the previous one. Don’t listen to what all those painters and poets tell you! Autumn is...
- Oct 15
Autumn
Feels like the right time to post some seasonal stories. This is the more gentle one, from a very gentle author. The other seems a bit...