Order and Chaos

  

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A simple act  -

To peel an orange

Who knew that it might be the door hinge*

To cross the veil from word to world

And see reality unfurled

 

In deep -

Beyond thought, story and grudge

I am these hills

On which I trudge

 

The world has won

It wore me down

And for my pain

It fits a crown

• Laurie brown

*Kudos to Leonard Cohen for giving us the only passable rhyme for orange!!

 

Hi all:

 

It’s been a while.  I’ve had quite a time. 

 

Lots of pondering.  About order and chaos and the struggle in between.  But after four months, I’m finally ready to report back and get back to writing for you.

 

Thanks for listening,

 

Laurie and Joshua

 

Steady

  

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Soft and alive….rich and steady.

Hi all:

There is nothing new we can say about the month of January we have just endured ... or is there?

There are two phrases that came to me in the grey gloom:

soft and alive…

rich and steady…

Work with me.

Laurie and Joshua

 

Ponderbeat 13

  

Fresh music for the end of your year!

Hi all!

We are sliding a new Ponderbeat your way before the end of the year.  Thirteen fresh new tracks from our friends at Killbeat Music to help ease you through the darkest days of the year.

Hope you can find some time to crank these up.  These tracks play well with each other! 

As always, we hope if you like what you hear, you will use the links below to buy some music!

All the best,

Laurie and Joshua and Ken and Jared

 

Pierre Kwenders – Sahara
Lune très belle - Mona
Hayden - East Coast

Gabrielle Shonk - How We Used to Be
Gord Downie and Bob Rock - Is There Nowhere
Field Guide - Wishing Well
Dan Mangan - All My People
Bodywash - Kind of Light
Andy Shauf - Wasted On You
Cots - Moonlit Building

Jordan Klassen - Milk and Honey
Bells Larsen – Wasps
Living Hour - Memory Express

For more great music recommendations, head to Patreon and become a supporter. You’ll get an exclusive playlist of Laurie’s new music picks every month!

 

Want more tunes?

Checkout these other Ponderbeat episodes.

   

Perfect Snowfall

  

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Have you had yours yet?

Hi all:

OK. December. Do your thing. Gird your loins. This month is freighted: expectations, commitments, family stuff, economic stresses…and SNOW. This episode is a bit about Christmas…but mostly about snow…..

Chances are you have already seen some snow if you live in Canada….but..have you had a perfect snowfall yet?

Laurie and Joshua

 

Lists

  

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From listful to listless…

Hi all:

Chances are you have a list kicking around your place right now.  Maybe a shopping list – or a ‘to do’ list?  Do you make a list of pros and cons when faced with a big decision?  We humans love our lists because they offer a placebo effect to the complex chaos of our world. 

 We start with an abandoned shopping list found in a cart in the grocery store..then dip into the secret lists you keep in your head (how many people have YOU slept with??) …and end up in the British Library imagining a life without any lists at all.  From listful to listless….

Laurie and Joshua

 

High Dive

  

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Off to find the wild places….

Pondercast is taking a high dive this fall for our 6th season.

Our new motto: Expect the unexpected…unexpectedly.

This episode is our first step to a new, more immersive, embodied experience for you.

Climb the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia lighthouse with me..and dive down into the cold waters of The Bay of Fundy.

An antidote to that all too familiar ‘back to school’ feeling.

Laurie and Joshua

 

Ponderbeat 12

  

It’s summer. There’ll be dancing in the streets.

Perfect time to lay another Ponderbeat on you. All new music from the wonderful artists working with Killbeat Music. Thanks to Jared and Ken for clearing the music for us.

Some of these tracks aren’t out yet, but will be very soon. And like we say every Ponderbeat – if you hear something you love, please head over to these links and buy yourself some brand new music!

Here is your line up:

• Bells Larsen – People Who Mean So Much to Me

• Lowell – Guess I’m Going To Hell

• Mike Edel – domino

• Living Hour – No Body

• Tamino – Fascination

• Pip Skid – You’re Not the Boss Of Me

• Tami Neilson – Careless Woman

• Julia Jacklin – Lydia Wears A Cross

• Reuben and The Dark – Coming Like A Storm

• Yves Jarvis – On The Line

Enjoy!

Laurie, Joshua and Michelle

For more great music recommendations, head to Patreon and become a supporter. You’ll get an exclusive playlist of Laurie’s new music picks every month!

 

Want more tunes?

Checkout these other Ponderbeat episodes.

   

Inside Story

Roe v. Wade

  

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They’re talking about me again.

Hi.
We have a guest contributor this time around - coming to you from deep inside Laurie with, the inside scoop on the Roe v. Wade decision.

Pondercast is all about looking at your world from every angle. In this episode we dive deep.

Courage!

Laurie, Joshua & Michelle

 

Character Count

  

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What is your super power?

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What was the combination for your first high school locker? I bet you remember it.

That combination was the ONLY thing I was sure of when I stepped into school that year.

Character Count is about the life long process of getting to know yourself.

It starts with recognizing yourself in the mirror. Where it ends depends on how closely you are willing to scrutinize what you see.

Here’s looking at you kid!

Laurie, Joshua & Michelle

 

Home and Away

  

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It turns out, belonging is a verb. -Laurie Brown

Hi.
If you took a core sample of this episode you would find:

1. The Twilight Zone

2. An Anarchist Plot to solve the housing crisis

3. What drones and tree swallows have in common

4. The unlikely story of the origins of Monopoly

5. How our need to belong turns inward over time

And, a big question to ponder: What would you be willing to do to find a home for your family?

In other Pondercast news, we just released a new edition of Pondercast Radio for our Patreon supporters. Two hours of new music that plays out just like a radio show, on either your paid Apple Music or Spotify account.

If you want to support what we do AND get this perk for any level of monthly donation, head here to find out more!

If you have new music you are loving that you think I
should hear, PLEASE send it to me! [email protected]

Stay cool and think free,
Laurie, Joshua and Michelle

P.S. You can find your weekly guided meditations at Ground Level – either on your podcast platform, or on our website.