The D’Oliva Olive Oil second harvest!
This past Saturday was the second annual olive harvest for D’Oliva! It was a great deal of fun to have friends and family come out to help. D’Aun did a great job of coaxing 282…
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Go Like Hell!
How could I resist a book titled Go Like Hell? Actually, the full title of this book by A.J. Baime is Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le…
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Goble Family History
I wrote the article below for an upcoming issue of the Goble Family Association newsletter. Yes, there really is such an organization! They were extremely helpful when we did our genealogical research, and they were…
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How I Sold Car Parts to Steve Jobs (okay, so probably not, but still…)
Walter Isaacson is one of my favorite biographers. His books about Einstein, Kissinger, and Benjamin Franklin are fantastic. So last summer when I heard that he would be writing a book titled Steve Jobs, I…
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Taking Good Solutions Too Far
My father built a mobile home park in the early 1970’s. Seemed like a good idea at the time — the land was cheap, the location was near a lot of blue collar jobs, and…
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)
If you are like me, you’ve lost count of the times a politician lied, a business person cheated, or a celebrity did something incredibly stupid. Sadly, we have also lost count of the times those…
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Goble Lane
I love this picture. Take a close look and you’ll see three wrecking yards, with metal buildings mixed among them. You’ll also see a small mobile home park in the midst of construction (about half…
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XEALOTS: Defying the Gravity of Normality
Dave Gibbons writes, “I don’t believe we’re necessarily supposed to reject or transform culture. Our calling is to wisely flow with culture, guarding our hearts and minds, artfully engaging the world.” So begins a book…