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YOUR LAND, MY LAND, OUR LAND

August 3, 2023 by

Your land is more than the surface under your feet. Go ahead and put ‘No Trespassing’ signs everywhere on a plot of dirt, but it’s still not enough. Why? Because it’s not your land, or my land, but our land. Here’s how I figured it out:

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ANGRY PEOPLE PULL MORE ANGER

May 25, 2023 by

Angry people need an audience like a bird needs air, like a fish needs water. Without other people the angry one is a solo yeller. With other people they are a leader calling out ‘THE TRUTH.’ That’s when ‘the truth’ takes a dive.

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DISPLACED WORKERS ‘RETIRED’ FROM OLD JOBS

January 5, 2023 by

Displaced workers retire? From what? Ask a Coos Bay logger about it, or a Charleston commercial fisherman. What did they retire from? Getting jacked around by new ideas on sustainability.

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BUSINESS PRACTICE? BE YOUR BEST, OR ELSE

August 20, 2022 by

Best Business Practice? Who doesn’t do that? From showing up on time, to clear messaging, being your best in business means making a long list. At the top of the list at #1: Be Accountable. This is a big deal.

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DYSFUNCTIONAL PARENTS TEACH THEIR KIDS BY EXAMPLE

July 20, 2021 by

Dysfunctional parents come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. Kids raised in a dysfunctional environment come out of it with choices to make. No one chooses to be a dysfunctional parent, but if that’s all you know, what else is there to do? Plenty. Starting with, “What is dysfunctional supposed to mean, smarty pants? You […]

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CHOICES MADE, ROADS TAKEN

May 24, 2020 by

We live with choices made, some we make, some made for us. Who among us wants a voice? Who here asks a question and accepts the answer offered? Most important, what is the question that needs an answer today, right now? I’ll go first, since I’m the blogger authority here, and start with wrong questions.

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NEW SPRING WORKING IT OUT IN TIGARD

January 20, 2018 by

  “Like sand through the hour glass, these are the days of our lives.”   A nice reminder when things get more than a little too dramatic.   I’d rather hear a soap opera intro than the Persian proverb, “This too shall pass.” To fatalistic.   Unless it’s a really awful thing I can’t wait […]

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