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Always have a back-up plan
As an INTJ, one of my unavoidable traits is having a plan b, and for that matter, a plan c, d, e, f and g. There’s nothing I can do about it, whenever I’m planning something, my mind immediately forms Read more…
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Not all who wander are lost
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that Read more…
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Insights on the Millennial mindset
I discovered that Millennials have a truly interesting way of determining most favored child status (similar to MFN, but with children). As my kids were growing up, I enjoyed their truly different personalities and time spent with both of them. Read more…
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Hiking the National Parks: Shenandoah
As I made my plans for 2022, I decided that I would need to increase the number of National Parks I go to each year if I were going to complete the full 63 parks in the system before I Read more…
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Playing Russian Roulette with COVID
Russian roulette is a potentially lethal game of chance in which a player places a single round in a revolver, spins the cylinder, places the muzzle against the head or body, and pulls the trigger. If the loaded chamber aligns Read more…
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Poke-your-nose weekend
My first few months on the job in Pennsylvania culminated in a restructuring where I once again had to take down headcount. Like having to do health and safety for 18 months during a pandemic, this was not something I Read more…
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Take my life and let it be. . .
Today, I went into a church for the first time in 18 months. The last time I was in a church to worship was when I attended a service in Berkeley with the Bishop of California. I don’t remember the Read more…
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When Nature Tears your Heart Out
I don’t remember when we first started coming to Duluth and regions northward towards Grand Marais in Minnesota. When I think back, I have a photo from a trip with my mom in 1987. I don’t remember why we went Read more…
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Nonconformity
When did I become a threat to others? Why would someone want so desperately to take me down – from a character perspective? I know that it’s more about their own insecurity than about me personally, but it still causes Read more…
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Month 12 – an anniversary of sorts
Here we are, a point no one ever expected one year ago when all of this started. So much has happened over the past year, while so much hasn’t happened as I spent twelve months effectively home full-time. A twelve-month Read more…
