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Slow Down Appeal

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Thank you for your support. Slow Down Week is over now, but you made a difference. Please scroll down for new responses.

There is a crisis in the first world. So many of us are too rushed. We are busy bees. There is no time for languid afternoons of tea and cake by the riverbank. No […]

Slow Down Now Week Recommendations

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

The brilliant minds at www.adbusters.org are taking a deep breath and a long exhale this week. It’s Slow Down Week (January 15-21). What are you planning to do to slow down this week?

Adbusters would like to know what you did, and so would we. Feel free to comment.

Here are just a few recommendations:

1. Have […]

What do you think?

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

Hello Reader:

I started this site to find my voice as a humorous writer. But the more I delve into “Slow”, the more it makes sense.

Slow is a serious subject.

When I put my metaphorical slow glasses on everything I see through them is slow.

The book reviews on this site are […]

New Tea Story

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

New story about Henry V and his tea drinking on www.teamadness.com. . It’s not officially a slow story. But it’s not fast either.

No More Siesta?

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

I was horrified when I read the headlines, “For many in Spain, siesta ends.” How could such a civilized thing end? Have the Spanish gone mad? Do they no longer recognize the extravagant boon their history has bequeathed them? Going home in the middle of the day for a nap, or at least putting your […]