Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #23
There may be no job more difficult than raising a child. I was certainly unprepared that day when D’Aun looked at me and said, “Guess what!?!” Finding out that we were about to be parents…
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Handicapping a Horse Race, Junkyard Style
This post is a complete fiction. I made it all up. Don’t believe a word of it. Because, obviously, it can’t possibly be true. My family is more respectable than this. It was in the…
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The Living Library
We’re moving into a new home soon and we are creating an office layout that allows for most of our books. I say “we” loosely, since D’Aun is doing most of the work. And since…
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Body by Fisher … Wine by Fisher?
There are a lot of reasons to enjoy the discovery of a new winery. Sometimes the wine itself makes you feel like you’ve found a hidden gem. Or perhaps you discover the beauty of the…
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Lost Kingdom, by Julia Flynn Siler
Over a decade ago I got off a plane in Maui and stepped into a different world. Not the world of palm trees, vast beaches, gentle waves and tropical beauty, but a political, historical and…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #24
My parents, both born in the early 1920’s, struggled through the Great Depression. Their families were poor even before the stock market collapse of 1929. My mother was born in an Oklahoma coal mining community….
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The Intersection Event
A few months ago my friend Mark Rhode asked if I would attend The Intersection Event on January 14. He explained that it would be a gathering of 350 innovators and social change agents who…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #25
One of the wisest things my Mom did when I was growing up was to make reading a treat. It all started when I’d go shopping with her and, like most kids, pester her for…