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CLEAN WORK OR CLEANING WORK

September 23, 2023 by

Clean work sounds like something you do in a clean room. Or an office. Wherever you don’t get dirty. Those jobs come with a number of names: clerk, assistant, manager, department head.

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GRASSROOTS WORK FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

September 20, 2023 by

Grassroots work for the future is making noise. In our digital age ‘grassroots’ means something different than other times. The Attention Economy asks but one question: “Can you make me care about your cause?”

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PORTLAND DRIVER ON A CABINET SEARCH

February 17, 2023 by

What does a Portland driver do when an IKEA bathroom cabinet doesn’t match the moment? And you live in a Portland, Oregon zip code? Go on a Portland road mission for the right junk. Warning: The time and effort spent is the real object, not the end result. You know, the ‘life is journey’ stuff. […]

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FUTURE PLANS? CHOOSE THE RIGHT PATH

March 20, 2022 by

Who is making plans for the future? Now that the covid pandemic is over, now that there’s world peace, and you’ve reached your life goals, the future looks bright? Not so fast, my hopefuls.

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FATHER TIME ON THE MARCH EVERY DAY, EVEN FATHER’S DAY

June 19, 2021 by

When I was a kid, Father Time looked like my Grandpa. It helped that my Grandpa looked like President “I Like Ike” Eisenhower. I was six years old in 1960 when things changed. The new president looked more my dad’s age. The big job went from the Supreme Allied Commander Europe five star Army general, […]

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BETTER DAYS AND THE RANDOM MOMENTS THAT INSPIRE THEM

March 23, 2021 by

We had a table discussion about historic moments that led to better days. Four adults, three of whom don’t like things called table discussion. Me: But we’re at the table. One in the group gave their version of a history and moved on. But another in the group made a correction. The rest of group […]

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PREDICTING FUTURE HEALTH CONCERNS

February 4, 2019 by

I don’t always post about health, but when I do it’s life or death, not a sniffle. Read on.

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MAKING SENSE TO UNRELATED MILLENNIALS

March 26, 2017 by

    If you can talk to your kids, will unrelated millennials listen too? You could tell he was a good guy with good manners. He answered easy questions, but still added value. Twenty four, lives at home, looking for a job. And all you asked was his age? This is part of the millennial […]

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BOOMER FUTURE, WITH BELLS

July 27, 2015 by

Paolo Soleri Sets The Stage With A Desert Vision Of Boomer Future. It might be a Star Wars set, a home on a distant planet, but it’s not. Instead you see the cement/earthen buildings of Cosanti in Arizona. Some of you might mistake Arizona for a distant planet, and you wouldn’t be far off. With […]

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