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 [...]
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This And That, Approaching Thanksgiving
November 24th, 2009 · No Comments · community, entertainment, food & drink, work
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: [...]
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The Pacing Of Passion
October 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments · community, sustainability, work
I’m in the thick of an excellent three-day training on interpersonal communication here in the verdant town of Eugene, Oregon. Yesterday when Susan and Peter Glaser asked which participant would like to kick off the introductions, of course my hand hyperactively shot up. A few hours later when we were to choose partners, I happily [...]
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