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Ageism at work is also, yep, generational

GenerationsFebruary 15, 2024961Views 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, 20241KViews 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, 20241KViews 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).…

Scammed

Things I PonderJanuary 31, 202413KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I fell for a scam yesterday. I realized I'd done so minutes after it happened, contacted PayPal right away, and they refunded my money. The scam was promoted in an ad on Facebook. It's a site selling reduced-cost USPS forever stamps that are a few years old under the guise of clearing out old inventory. It sure…

Country roads, take me home

Memories, SynchronicitiesJanuary 29, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

While I always figured myself to be the type of person who'd never-ever travel somewhere by bus, wearing an ID card around my neck, Life has a way of surprising you; and there I was, one day--one night, actually--in Shanghai, China, with a lanyard around my neck and an Orange Bus #2 ID attached to…

Hot cocoa, delivered

ExperiencesJanuary 27, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Friday's snowfall had me over at my mother's to shovel her driveway, but she'd already gotten to most of it, so I shoveled the deck ... but I still wanted to be outside -- in the sun, in the snow, in the crisp air. The community at Wolf River Lane has strengthened much in recent years…

The not-so-secret ingredient

Little BitsJanuary 26, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I know there is much celebration and delight in the whole Brussels sprouts plus bacon plus balsamic vinegar recipe realm; and I like that, too. For starters, I do enjoy many in the brassica family of vegetables--cabbage, cauliflower, collards, Brussels sprouts, kale and rutabagas. (What an under-appreciated root vegetable rutabagas currently are.) Then there's the bacon. I…

Maryland weather

Little BitsJanuary 26, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

For those in the know ... Maryland comes through once again! A cold snow day last Friday (on top of some snow earlier last week), followed by some Verrrrry Brrrrrrrr Days. Then, yesterday, that thing happened: that balmy weather with the fog. It rolls in. Stays a while. Today, the temperatures are going up to 69. Any residual snow…

Gooey goodness

Little BitsJanuary 26, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

My, my, my! In my attempts to make some jalapeño simple syrup (which I've made before and is quite easy to make), I had put some sugar, water and jalapeños on the stove on low heat ... and then went to watch some Jessica Jones and work on my taxes. During…

Safe!

ExperiencesJanuary 23, 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

In 2013, I took the advice of someone I'd met on Facebook and had known but a few weeks (Charlie), and I went out to Burning Man a week early for what is often called Build Week. Build Week is the week prior to the official start of Burning Man and a time when select theme…