In the simple, spare poems of “The Commonwealth,” Dan Rattelle explores the ideas of place and community, taken in their broadest sense.
Book Club: The Art of Gathering: Ending and Reentry
As we close our book club discussion of Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, we consider the closing of our events, and how to end well.
Book Club: The Art of Gathering: Making (and Breaking) Rules
In this week’s book club discussion of Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, we consider how rules can provide the structure needed to make events more experimental, whimsical and democratic.
Book Club: The Art of Gathering—The Kindness of Exclusion (or, Not)
We begin our book club discussion of Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering with a look at the purpose of our gatherings and the need that sometimes arises to exclude, with kindness.
Book Club Announcement: Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker encourages us to create meaningful, transformative gatherings that shape “the way we think, feel, and make sense of our world.” Join us for our latest book club discussion of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters.
The Children’s Storybook Garden (Arlington, Washington)
Bethany Rohde and her daughter Dot find creativity and community in the Children’s Storybook Garden in Arlington, Washington.
Tweetspeak Love: Leah Downs
We love our Tweetspeak community — and we love hearing from you about how you love our Tweetspeak community. Recently Leah Downs shared with us about the benefits of participating, even when you can’t quite participate directly. People like me get to “eavesdrop” and keep a pulse on creativity when we don’t have time to […]