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EMOTIONAL CALLOUSES GROW WITH LIVING LIFE?

October 8, 2024 by

Emotional callouses are one way of navigating difficult times. The problems start after difficult times pass. Should you rip the callouses off like an old bandaid, or let it ride? Before you decides, review those hards times so you know the possibility of them returning.

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BIG TIME TAKES SMALL STEPS: THE GATE

September 29, 2024 by

The big time is closer than you think, closer than I thought. It’s easy to miss if you don’t look closely. The wood in the picture is an example.

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HARD LIVING ON PURPOSE

September 24, 2024 by

Hard living is something to avoid, most of the time. I’ve heard it said at funerals: “They had a hard life.” And it’s true, but is it avoidable?

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BUILDING BRIDGES TO CROSS OVER AND OVER

July 18, 2024 by

Some people say building bridges is the most important thing in the world. And they are correct. But for me, the most important thing is getting across them safely once they’re built. I’ve been crossing them all my life, for better or worse.

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STORY BUILDING FROM THE BOTTOM UP

February 9, 2024 by

Story building is something you learn through trial and error? Or learn from graduate programs and writing conferences? Or reading? Lots of Reading? Don’t be shocked to think it’s all of that and more. But, where to start? Why not the beginning?

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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL IS SUPPLY CHAIN MAGIC

September 7, 2021 by

A brick sounds simple. It’s just a brick like the one above, below, and on each side. Most of the time it’s not important, that brick, and it just does it’s work quietly. The work part makes it an icon. That brick didn’t fall out of the sky and get picked up by some wayward […]

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FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS ON DOWN STREAM SUPPLY CHAIN BUYS

June 8, 2021 by

Following directions? It sounds so easy, so easy that anyone could do it. So why don’t they? Bad directions? Incomplete? Or maybe directions don’t apply to you because you’ve been everywhere and done everything? That’s where I usually start. And yes, I’ve had some regrets, leftover parts, and malfunctions. But that was then, way back […]

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SORTING HISTORY: WHAT MATTERS vs WHAT MATTERS MORE

September 19, 2020 by

Sorting history is the difference between hoarders and historians. If there were no difference, every garage full of crap would be a museum. And I say garage full of crap with all due respect, since I’ve got one piling up. In the end, that stuff tells a part of our story. But it doesn’t have […]

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PORTLAND BUILDING UP, BUILDING DOWN

January 26, 2019 by

The difference between building up and tearing something down looks the same at some point in the project. Taking a building down leaves a trail of crap all over the place; prepping a site to start building does the same thing except with more organization. Walk past any fenced off block in a growing city […]

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