Sometimes life is a challenge. If we believe the platitudes (and if we are trying to maintain sanity and light, why not?), we know that the challenges make us stronger people. I want to believe that. These days, I have…
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Today I choose: to ignore vitriolic rhetoric (in my life and in the media), to use my knowledge and perspective for good (yes, I need a cape), to focus on the future and its possibilities, to surround myself with the…
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Years ago when I lived in Japan, the old proverb, “The nail that sticks up will be hammered down” made some sense. In a society where 128 million people live in a space the size of Montana, one has to…
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If you are keeping track, you’ll recognize that I’ve changed blogs. Again. I’m working to set up my own domain (a couple of them), but in the meantime, I’m here. In the process of transferring six years’ worth of posts…
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