I’m happy, even ecstatic in our new home, on the east flank of Mount Tabor here in Portland, Oregon. Our house is newer than our former home (one week old versus 70 years old) and larger (2250 square feet versus 1290 sf). And most importantly to me, it has an open floor plan that promotes [...]
Entries Tagged as 'work'
A Different Take On “We Deserve It”
June 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · community, spirituality & religion, work
This And That, Approaching Thanksgiving
November 24th, 2009 · No Comments · community, entertainment, food & drink, work
I’ve added a delicious new book by Amy Minato to Books I Love, one that would be great to read over the Thanksgiving weekend . . . . at work, the rideshare proposal I’ve been working on for months with many others is finally reaching closure, thank the Goddess . . . . . Green [...]
Being Fed By The Forest
November 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, nature, work
Blythe traipsed in late yesterday afternoon to our writing group’s opening session here at Opal Creek, living up to her name, towing with her a forest treasure that startled me into a double take. I’d never seen a cauliflower mushroom before. It was huger than a Halloween pumpkin but formed of air and a fawn-colored, [...]
About Furloughs And Household Finances
October 25th, 2009 · No Comments · community, lifestyle, money, work
Would you like a day off from work? Say, a Friday all to yourself, in which to do anything you’d like? The only catch is that you’re not paid for your day off. As an employee of the state of Oregon, I had my first furlough day last week. Like most of my coworkers, I [...]
Dancing Around The Mad King
October 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · work
Long ago in a state far away I worked in a nonprofit for an executive director, Sam, whom we will also call the Mad King. He had humor and energy and that prized quality among bosses of being not at all a nitpicker or micromanager. (I can picture half my readers saying at this point: [...]
Tags:
