Short post this weekend due to preparing for our open-house party tomorrow . . . plus I’m working to finish my novel, Revelle (you can read the opening chapter here). I’m not a Luddite. I use technology constantly and gratefully, Diamond-Cut Life being a prime example (thank you, internet, for more than 95,000 hits to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'work'
Still In Love With My Dumb Phone
December 3rd, 2011 · 5 Comments · work
Tags: availability·cell phones·critical thinking·dumb phone·electronics·Luddites
Have Our Creature-Paths Crossed?
August 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · work
That is what writer Lidia Yuknavitch spontaneously asked me when we met at the Willamette Writers Conference earlier this month. Her face was warm and radiant and she had long, wavy blond hair. I replied I didn’t think our creature-paths had yet crossed, but I so much liked her way of expressing the uncanny sense [...]
Tags: Boardman Oregon·business writing·Columbia River·Lidia Yuknavitch·Lidia Yuknovitch·Mount Hood Community College·writing
What About Overemployment?
August 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · money, work
I have a different take on our troubled economy than most. On one level it’s highly unfortunate that unemployment is going to remain high under the Federal Reserve’s recent decision to keep short-term interest rates near zero. In a country that calls itself developed, virtually everyone who needs or wants to work should be working, [...]
Tags: Federal Reserve·job-sharing·jobs·overemployment·unemployment
The Connoisseur of Commuting Returns To Carpooling
July 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments · transportation, work
What are the best and worst commutes you’ve ever had? I’ve noticed that while pretty much everyone prefers work (or school) they can feel passionate about*, our daily commutes can also be a make or break in our quality of life. My friend Christina got hundreds of hits earlier this month when she guest-posted about [...]
Tags: carpool·commuting·Goodwill·quality of life·telework·vanpool
Christina’s Joy Riding
July 15th, 2011 · 6 Comments · health & well being, sustainability, work
This is a guest post from my friend Christina, who has a Master’s degree in nursing from Yale and the most irrepressible spirit I’ve met here in my Mt. Tabor neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. In May I put down the gauntlet to my boss. Bike to work one day a week starting
