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PICTURE GREATER WITH CHARLIE SANDBO AT TIGARD ART WEEKEND 2023

May 21, 2023 by

Picture Greater challenges us with: How did you get that picture. I’ve always wondered how skilled photographers did it. Now I know. They do it with patience and vision. The end result is falling in love with an image. Charlie Sandbo is matchmaker between you and a print you need, but didn’t know. Now you […]

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LIFE LESSONS ‘JUST IN TIME’

May 1, 2023 by

Life lessons usually come to light after class lets out. “Whew, now that was a life lesson,” is common. But what about life lessons you recognize in the moment? Those take a little more work.

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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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SURPRISING CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT PAYING ATTENTION?

July 9, 2021 by

Brace yourself for surprising consequences for not paying attention. More important, dial up your empathy when you hear someone telling about the consequences for their poor behavior. “I didn’t do anything wrong. I mean, I know how it looks, but what’s the problem? It could have been anyone.” If you’re listening, maintain eye contact, nod […]

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MATURE PATIENCE: AGING OUT OF THE SNIT FIT

October 9, 2020 by

Before we acquired mature patience, things were different. Everything was a new beginning, but not just new, bright and shiny new. And it was exciting. Truth to tell, bright and shiny new is still pretty damn exciting, but in a different way.

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PORTLAND MILLENNIAL PATIENCE IMPROVES

February 26, 2016 by

They want it all, and they want it now, but Portland millennial patience stays strong. The best of the best? Remember what that looked like, or sounded like? Experience, knowledge, and training used to guide American through it’s darkest nights. Once we had nothing to fear but fear itself. Shine that light. Baby boomers’ moms […]

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