Today’s post is on the lighter side. A reader in Arizona has suggested that I am a hippie. Or, to be more specific, he wrote I am “definitely much more of a hippie” than he himself is. Hmm. His tone was friendly enough, but I’ve been pondering this hippie business, this label, for a couple [...]
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Who You Calling A Hippie?
June 7th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Oregon, food & drink, lifestyle, relationships, spirituality & religion, transportation, work
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The Best Advice For College Graduates
May 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · global warming and climate change, work
What is the most meaningful work you have ever done? How happy did it make you — both then, and now, thinking back on it? Was it the work you had originally planned on doing? New York Times writer David Brooks points out in his excellent editorial today that some bad advice is being given [...]
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The Joy Of Building Instead Of Destroying
April 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · work
While the news is filled with the destructive war in Libya, a highly constructive event just occurred in Ethiopia. A Habitat For Humanity trip led
The Holy Grail of the Diamond-Cut Life
February 18th, 2011 · No Comments · nature, work
I had a marguerita last night with my fish tacos at the Hawthorne Fish House. I tossed the drink down fast, in the tiny wedge of time available to me between fighting the traffic home from a meeting in Salem (I won an award — happy surprise!) , and the start of the writing critique [...]
Tags: Bill Gracie·haiku·Holy Grail·hyperactivity·margueritas·stress
Landing On Our Feet: What Does It Take?
February 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · work
How versatile and resilient are you? What would you do if, like Joe Logan here in Portland, and for that matter, President Mubarrak in Egypt, your world changed, and your livelihood disappeared? Would you resist endlessly, hanging on irrationally like Mubarrak is doing to his now discredited leadership, creating reverberations of suffering and danger for [...]
