Honeybee Capital Foundation

11/29/2020

Hi friends, if you are looking for a personal gift that also has positive impact, please consider Month of Sundays !

The book is offered in the hope that it might bring connection, comfort, and courage. All profits from this publication will be dedicated to support of organizations that provide essential wisdom and service, addressing some of our greatest needs.

Primary beneficiaries of this giving will include:
* Omega Institute– building capacity of the human spirit
* Biomimicry Institute – building reconnection to nature’s wisdom
* Santa Fe Institute – building foundations of science
* Equal Justice Initiative – building practices of justice
* Last Mile Health – building systems of care

Through this circulating financial model, we aim to illustrate the spirit of generosity and relationship that has made this publication possible (thank you, Christa Alexandra Designs & Shalon Ironroad,!) By reinvesting in these root-level capacities, your engagement and support will extend outward into the world, producing all sorts of ongoing benefit.

Thank you for being part of this generative spiral.

IndieBound Amazon B & N REFLECT. RESTORE. REVIVE.These reflections are the perfect companion for anyone who is yearning for reconnection - to our places, to our communities, and to our own lives. Based upon the popular Sunday Best blog series by Katherine Collins of Honeybee Capital, the beautifu...

11/10/2020

Hi friends, I am delighted to be part of the ”Voices of Nature” series this week, with the amazing Toby Herzlich ! We’ll be discussing Month of Sundays, its links to biomimicry, and much more. The virtual gathering is Thursday at 2pm ET, and full details can be found at this link. Please join us!

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: BSI Voice of Nature Author Series with Katherine Collins. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

09/20/2020

ON SUNFLOWERS & SERVICE

A new season is arriving. I can tell because my favorite flannel shirt has emerged from the closet, the sunrise is too late to serve as an alarm clock, and the garden has gone from green to gold.

This week I was observing the sunflowers, as they fade from glory into a deeper beauty. Some spindly specimens sprouted up in too fast of a sprint, with no chance to build their own strength. On the other hand, some faced too much adversity, neglected or impeded at a key moment, and never really recovered. And within the strong lucky crop that made it through, still, there were huge differences. All were striking, but some were truly stunning, with blooms that went on and on.

Friends, we don’t get to control all of the conditions that affect our lives. Sometimes there is drought or shadow or a big mean bunny that constantly thwarts our progress. But we are fortunate to have examples all around us of people whose lives shine brighter and brighter over time. Whether quiet personal heroes or those known to many, the qualities are always the same.

Always, they have faced adversity.

Always, they have lasted.

Always, they have had some source of love and support.

And always, they have served something beyond themselves.

May we learn from our most stunning examples, whether in the garden or in the courtroom.

May we serve something beyond ourselves.

08/30/2020

It might be harder to travel on vacation this year, but with a good book we can always get away. Here is a link to our Summer Book List 2020, plus updates on our own Month Of Sundays.

Many of you have kindly asked how to support our new book publication, Month of Sundays especially in this time of fewer events and gatherings. Thank you for asking!

* Spread the word - on social media, or to friends and colleagues. We are on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
* Write a review on Amazon (this is easy, and matters more than you'd think). Just scroll down the book listing to the "reviews" section and there are easy instructions for adding your own.
* Gift a copy to a friend (or two or ten).

And in case you missed it last week, we are delighted to share our summer book list, just in time for this last stretch before Labor Day. In honor of Independent Bookstore Day (a worthy holiday if ever there was one), we also are testing a neat site called Bookshop, where our lists of favorites link to your local indie bookstore.

At times like this, I find wisdom and comfort and courage - and yes, escape - in great books. I’m happy to share this summer reading list, with some new entries plus a few highlights of old favorites – shared with all best wishes, and with great hopes for the future.

08/16/2020

After a long cocooning, our Month of Sundays book is here! It can be purchased on Amazon right now (with the link above or here: https://amzn.to/31U2OF2 ), and should be available on Indiebound and other services soon.

Many have asked about the name. "Month of Sundays" is an old-timey way to say a long time - like 30 Sundays. It's something you'd say to someone you had not seen in a while, who you'd been missing. "Hey, it's been a month of Sundays!"

In a weird quirk of fate, this week marks 30 weeks since the first coronavirus case in the United States.

Friends, it's been a month of Sundays. You are missed.

As you all know, this project has been a labor of love, and has provided a creative outlet for all of the energy and challenges that these last months have brought. It was a wonderful reminder that collaboration can bring immense joys, and I am grateful to have partnered with the terrifically talented Christa Alexandra Designs and Shalon Ironroad on its creation.

The book is offered in the hope that it might bring connection, comfort, and courage. All profits from this publication will be dedicated to support of organizations that provide essential wisdom and service, addressing some of our greatest needs.

Primary beneficiaries of this giving will include:

* Omega Institute – building capacity of the human spirit
* Santa Fe Institute – building foundations of science
* Equal Justice Initiative – building practices of justice
* Last Mile Health – building systems of care
* Biomimicry Institute – building reconnection to nature’s wisdom

Through this circulating financial model, we aim to illustrate the spirit of generosity and relationship that has made this publication possible. By reinvesting in these root-level capacities, your engagement and support will extend outward into the world, producing all sorts of ongoing benefit.

Thank you for being part of this generative spiral.

Month of Sundays

08/10/2020

Dear friends, Dear readers,
As we approach publication day for Month of Sundays, we’re eager to share more details of our regenerative economic model. All profits will be dedicated to support of organizations that provide essential wisdom and service, addressing some of our greatest needs.
Primary beneficiaries of this giving will include —- we’ll be sharing more about these vital organizations in the week to come! Omega Institute Last Mile Health Biomimicry Institute Equal Justice Initiative Santa Fe Institute Month of Sundays

08/02/2020

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN THE LAST DAYS AND HOURS OF MY LIFE YOU INSPIRED ME. YOU FILLED ME WITH HOPE… MILLIONS OF PEOPLE MOTIVATED SIMPLY BY HUMAN COMPASSION LAID DOWN THE BURDENS OF DIVISION. AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD YOU SET ASIDE RACE, CLASS, AGE, LANGUAGE AND NATIONALITY TO DEMAND RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY…
I URGE YOU TO ANSWER THE HIGHEST CALLING OF YOUR HEART AND STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU TRULY BELIEVE. IN MY LIFE I HAVE DONE ALL I CAN TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE WAY OF PEACE, THE WAY OF LOVE AND NONVIOLENCE IS THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY… I SAY TO YOU, WALK WITH THE WIND, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND LET THE SPIRIT OF PEACE AND THE POWER OF EVERLASTING LOVE BE YOUR GUIDE.
– JOHN LEWIS


Friends, we live in a time when even the most noble ideas are disparaged as partisan politics. But every once in a while, beacons of everlasting truth and love cut through the fog we’ve generated.



May we answer the highest calling of our hearts.

May we do all we can to demonstrate a more excellent way.

May our final letters be love letters.

06/20/2020

Coming soon!

05/24/2020

New book coming soon - Month of Sundays !
Reflect. Restore. Revive.

04/19/2020

Dear ones, when the day comes for us to say, I never thought I could be so lucky, will we know it? Will we feel it? Will we say it?

Our Sunday Best for this week:
http://www.honeybeecapital.org/20200419/sunday-best-april-19-2020/

01/26/2020

On the invisible wisdom that surrounds us -- our Sunday Best for this week:

Reconnecting investing with the real world.

01/23/2020

Our Sunday Best for this week:
Dear ones, this week, let’s run one less errand, send one less email, schedule one less meeting.
Let’s aim to tend just a little less, bask just a little more.

http://www.honeybeecapital.org/20200119/sunday-best-january-19-2020/