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Back then, and there

Things I PonderMarch 9, 2024819Views 0Likes 0Comments

This photo. A makeshift hospital for treating wounded soldiers after the Battle of Antietam. It's good, I think, to remember what we have, even when we don't feel like our lives are going as smoothly as we might like. Whatever you're struggling with, whatever isn't perfect in your life, whatever business or service or system or whatever isn't…

Friendship spawns mushroom business and more

Other WritingMarch 7, 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published in The Laurel Independent newspaper. When Laurel resident Cory Moore accompanied a friend to a birthday party in 2017, he had no idea his life was about to change. Nor did the birthday girl, Elizabeth Robinson, who is also a long-time Laurel resident. The two developed a fast friendship, and as the months…

Into the Wild Frontier

GenerationsMarch 7, 2024896Views 0Likes 0Comments

Phenomenal insights into the people behind the American frontier from the show Into the Wild Frontier. (I've been watching it on Amazon.) It's even MORE astounding, informative and insightful when you layer in generational archetypes (birth dates in the link). I've been watching the S3 E6, "Robert Rogers, Frontier Soldier." Within minutes of this episode about his…

Dear, People Who Make Decisions at Amazon.com,

Things I PonderMarch 1, 2024904Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dear, People Who Make Decisions at Amazon.com, I would like to request there be a "NOTE" function on your site so that I can add NOTES to my purchases so that a year later, or whenever, when I'm sifting through an spreadsheet of Amazon/Amazon/Amazon purchases -- not a one with a single identifier as to what…

Run, run, run

Burning Man, Memories, SynchronicitiesFebruary 20, 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

There are many miracles in life. Big ones and small ones, gargantuan ones and micro ones. Many of these miracles, in my experience, are matters of timing and synchronicity. Yet whether large or small, life-altering or microscopic, the thing about these miracles is that in the moment, they are just that: a miracle, a blessing, a…

Be careful what you ask for

MemoriesFebruary 16, 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

When I was a wee one, maybe four or five, my mom had gone back to work as a nurse, and she needed to find a babysitter / kid watcher for me. A nearby neighbor whose young kids were at home fit the bill, and so I went there day after day, to her home. I…

When you lose the Xers …

GenerationsFebruary 15, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I saw an article earlier today about ageism at work in which the author spoke about how companies lose that built-in wisdom and know-how when it leans favorably toward hiring younger workers over older workers. I agree. Though I'd add the problem is equally, if not more so, generational. As companies bring on more Millennials, who are great…

Ageism at work is also, yep, generational

GenerationsFebruary 15, 2024801Views 0Likes 0Comments

I saw an article earlier today about ageism at work in which the author spoke about how companies lose that built-in wisdom and know-how when it leans favorably toward hiring younger workers over older workers. I agree. Though I'd add the problem is equally, if not more so, generational. As hiring managers bring on more Millennials, who are…

Time Worked and Value Created

GenerationsFebruary 14, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I saw this image and a related post on LinkedIn earlier today, and it made me pause and think a moment. So much of our experience of the outer world is generational in nature, both in that we are influenced by other generations and we bring our collective generational experiences to those situations and respond…

My Trip to the Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet

ExperiencesFebruary 14, 20243KViews 0Likes 0Comments

While there are many hundreds of camps offering a near-endless variety of experiences, gifts, fun, food, art and adventure at Burning Man, there are certain camps that are legendary. The Costco Soulmate Trading Camp--Co(stco) S(oulmate) T(rading) O(utlet) camp, or Costco as it is lovingly and facetiously called for short--is one of them. In the five prior…

Cold turkey

Stories big and smallFebruary 12, 2024880Views 0Likes 0Comments

A friend posted on FB earlier this evening about how tough it can be to quit smoking. It most certainly can be, though I had a set of experiences, some 20 years ago, where I quit cold turkey. Much of my process had to do with first honoring how much I had absolutely enjoyed smoking and…

I love seasons

NatureFebruary 7, 2024937Views 0Likes 0Comments

I love seasons, seasonal change and the cycles of nature. These past few days following February 2 and the midpoint between winter and spring have been lovely. There's a SOUND to the post-Feb-2nd air: The sound of birds in high(er) activity. Yes, yes, I know. Big snow storms can still come through (and often do in early March).…