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I’m musing a lot lately. Pondering, imagining, wondering. Are you musing more these days, too? I find it’s a calm, curious place to be. No compelling urge to explore; I just ponder. I’ve come up with four particular musings that … Read More
Another acronym has found me. They do that alot, from my use of CD (first for Cultural Differences, then for Civil Discourse) to my three Cs — curiosity, compassion, and courage — and to my new book LEAPFROG (How to … Read More
Surely you recognize this photo by now. It is the hill near Taylor Hall where National Guardsmen, many not much older than the students down below, opened fire, killing four and wounding nine. Here’s what I wrote two years ago … Read More
There is an upside in all this. There is always an upside. Call it lemonade (from lemons). Call it accepting the unacceptable. Call it gratitude. It doesn’t matter what you call it; the trick is in recognizing there is an … Read More
The times they are a changin’ sang Bob Dylan way back when. And, somehow, that feels like a fitting song for these days when so much is changing. For starters, I’ve gone from sprint mode to marathon mode in the … Read More
My friend, Vermonter Annika McCann, posted this photo of herself to her Facebook page recently under the heading, “This is my new day job.” Here’s her story In addition to my CBD business (Primal Botanical), I work as … Read More
How are you doing? This is the most serious pandemic since the Spanish influenza and information, we know, is critical in keeping anxiety down. People, in general, feel anxious in the unknown. I thought a post that pulled together the … Read More
That age old dichotomy: Fact vs. Opinion, Magic vs. Reality, Faith vs. Evidence, Religion vs. Science We’ve had these dichotomies forever it seems. Everyone knew where they stood and if there was any conflict over any of it, it … Read More
Last week’s post on What Makes A Good Blog Topic originally included THREE possibilities. At the last minute (well, I still had 23 minutes to go before it launched at midnight) I pulled this third one, wanting to see if … Read More