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Qixia Yu's Who's in our Garden

Qixia Yu's Who's in our Garden

Who’s in Our Garden is an endearing bilingual illustrated children’s book that gently explores curiosity, friendship and a sense of naive patience. I recommend it to both young readers and those who read to children. About the Creators Qixia Yu AUTHOR Qixia Yu is a pediatrician and an

Calendar: Nov, Dec, and Jan!

Calendar: Nov, Dec, and Jan!

Mouth Fruit will be attending some of these activities, mostly virtually. Today's calendar is brought to by Friday! "Fridays are the best days of the month!" Welcome to the first Mouth Fruit Dialogue Calendar! We're catching the tail end of this month's

Why seek fruitful dialogue?

Why seek fruitful dialogue?

What is Fruitful Dialogue? It is bountiful banter, dendritic discussion, pleasant parley. See more about fruitful dialogue in this early Mouth Fruit post. Why Would You Want Fruitful Dialogue? You've stumbled onto Mouth Fruit. Maybe a friend sent you a link. Maybe you searched for something about civil

Wicked Dialog for Good

Wicked Dialog for Good

Okay, I'll admit it: I'm about to search for communication patterns in a movie about singing witches. Not your thing? I totally get it. But here's the bottom line—whether you're counting down the days until Wicked: For Good, or thinking "

Day of the Dead: Sitting at the Knee

Day of the Dead: Sitting at the Knee

Do you remember the first time someone told you a story about a person you'd never meet? Maybe it was your grandmother talking about her mother. Maybe it was a mentor telling stories about his teacher. Maybe it was a neighbor remembering the family who used to live

Halloween, Moments of Conversation

Halloween, Moments of Conversation

Halloween is approaching. There's something peculiar about Halloween that we don't talk about enough. For one night each year, we collectively agree that knocking on a stranger's door isn't just acceptable—it's expected. The Original Open Door Policy Long before

Every Baby Laugh is a Eureka!

Every Baby Laugh is a Eureka!

Eureka! Babies teach us a foundation for fruitful dialogue.

Wanting fruitful dialogue is natural and good

Wanting fruitful dialogue is natural and good

If you feel pulled toward fruitful dialogue, toward finding ways to communicate peacefully with others, you might wonder: Am I being unrealistic? Is this just wishful thinking? Science The answer from science is clear: No, this is more than wishful thinking. This desire is fundamental to what makes you a

The rebels at The St. James Tearoom

The rebels at The St. James Tearoom

Where the Rocky Mountains lie by the Rio Grande at the simple elevation of one mile rests The St. James Tearoom. People from all around relax in unique and quiet nooks to enjoy Afternoon Tea—excellent tea, tier of delicacies, gracious service, and the promise of good conversation. The description

Two faces are looking at each other, but the two facing are filled with other people.

Healthy Groupishness beats Toxic Tribalism

Yes, this applies to good productive discussion, dialogue that is fruitful.

Are we the same?

Are we the same?

We are the same. Perhaps you’re thinking, “Hey, wait, Mouth Fruit, didn’t you just say there is no common ground among us all?” Hmm. Lemme think. In Global Common Ground, I did say that there is very little that we all agree on, if anything. Here, I am

The wh- questions of Mouth Fruit

The wh- questions of Mouth Fruit

There have been some posts that might give some insight to the who, what, why, and whither of Mouth Fruit. The wherefore and whence are hinted at in the why. Some things in one might belong in the other. Or the other way around. Who? The content creator Mouth Fruit

Whither goes Mouth Fruit?

Whither goes Mouth Fruit?

The wanderings of Mouth Fruit is a mystery.

An image showing wild and crazy possible identities for Dar.

Who is Mouth Fruit?

Who cares? Does it matter whether I am a dog or not? If you judge my information and insight to be sound, does make any difference? And if I am a personified consensus of the above 14 candidates, is that OK? And maybe our conversation is improved if you have

Why Mouth Fruit?

Why Mouth Fruit?

Why a blog? I want to share the notions of good-bringing discussion with others. I want to explore and learn with others. I want to come along aside others from everywhere who are not content to just complain about the roaring fire of animosity in our world, but want to

What is Mouth Fruit?

What is Mouth Fruit?

Fruitful Dialogue Content Content is dynamic. And at this point, it can only be seen as potential growth. Motivation * Seeing dangerous animosity in the world * Loving others * Wanting to be friends * Wanting good * Wanting good things Science * Linguistics * phonetics * phonology * syntax * discourse analysis * prosody * pragmatics * speech act theory * relevance theory

What is Fruitful Dialogue?

What is Fruitful Dialogue?

Talking about civil discourse is all the rage. Mouth Fruit discusses something that has a shape a little different from civil discourse. Persons might limit the scope of what they talk about related to civil discourse to some levels of constructive discussion. A professor might say, "I want to

Global Common Ground?

Global Common Ground?

Are there things we all can agree on? There might be some simple things. Something exists. Perhaps there are more. David Mitchell illustrates this in his funny video on YouTube: There's a lot wrong with the world, isn't there? Yep, that’s him above. The video

The repairman arrives in a van ready to fix a TV that has problems in the display and audio.

Yearning to fix things

I stumbled upon the very funny short Le Technicien by Simon Olivier Fecteau. You can see it on YouTube or IndieFlix. Here a TV repairman responds to pleas from an old man. IndieFlix has the best video. You can get IndiFlix Shorts on Amazon Prime or go directly to IndieFlix

The cupped hands of a worker is holding and offering flower aroma in a gesture of good will.

Planning for Spontaneity

I want to do good in the world. Though I'm not great at it yet, I enjoy helping people one-on-one. I want to be prepared when opportunities arise. How can one make that happen? * Make sure the gas tank is always over a quarter full. * Put grocery gift

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