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I'm Just Thinkin' About Love
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I'm Just Thinkin' About Love

By Wild Rivers

January 31, 2024

Song of the Month:  “ I’m Just Thinkin’ About Love ” by Wild Rivers Editor’s Note:  For the first time I can remember, I enjoyed the video of this song...
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Struggle of this Turbulent Existence
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Struggle of this Turbulent Existence

By Robert Burns

January 31, 2024

  Quote of the Month: I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.  ...
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Questions and Answers
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Questions and Answers

By Tim McCarthy

January 24, 2024

The more questions I ask, the more certain the answers will be.  Questions lead to research; research leads to risk reduction in both business and in my life. My peer...
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In Loving Memory | Tom Smothers | 1937 – 2023 | If I Had A Ship
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In Loving Memory | Tom Smothers | 1937 – 2023 | If I Had A Ship

By Tim McCarthy

December 31, 2023

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This Other Eden
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This Other Eden

By Paul Harding

December 31, 2023

Editor’s note:  The story is as lush as Harding’s writing, which takes some pages to adjust to, at least in my case.  Long, poetic, descriptive sentences that only the greats...
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Loving Kindness
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Loving Kindness

By Sharon Salzberg

December 31, 2023

“When we think of loving kindness or love as an ability, it's inside of us. It's ours. Other people certainly may ignite it or inspire it or threaten it, but...
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Mistakes
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Mistakes

By Lake Street Dive

December 31, 2023

Editor’s Note:  Sitting here writing this website update, I’m listening to a Jazz mix and my favorite current singer came on with this.  Rachel Price’s voice is magic to my...
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Mi Casa es Su Casa
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Mi Casa es Su Casa

By Tim McCarthy

December 30, 2023

Successful lives and businesses are entirely built on interdependence.  In both, the key ingredients are time, self-awareness, and forgiveness; of myself and those on whom I must rely.  The alignment...
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Wasted on the Way
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Wasted on the Way

By Graham Nash

November 30, 2023

Editor’s note: occasionally when listening to a playlist of my favorite musicians, I find a cut I don’t remember well or at all.  While playing a Crosby Stills and Nash...
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December Laugh
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December Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

November 30, 2023

Q: How many South Americans does it take to replace a light bulb? A: One-Brazilian
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The Book of Charlie
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The Book of Charlie

By David Von Drehle

November 30, 2023

Editor’s Note: As you know, I’m fascinated by the human need for, search for, meaning. Von Drehle does a brilliant job of using the story of one man to illustrate...
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Teaching and Learning About Boundaries
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Teaching and Learning About Boundaries

By Tim McCarthy

November 30, 2023

Over the holiday, our granddaughter asked Alice and me if we could reject her “new cousins” who will enter the family upon her aunt’s marriage - two girls with whom...
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More/Less Control
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More/Less Control

By Marcus Aurelius

November 30, 2023

“The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.”
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The Spartans
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The Spartans

By Peter Hollins

November 1, 2023

The Spartans can teach us about discipline by subtraction rather than addition, i.e., what we choose to not focus on.
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How to Do Things you Hate
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How to Do Things you Hate

By Peter Hollins

November 1, 2023

Editor’s note:  This is the book I wish I could have written.  The title is the answer I’ve long given to anyone who asks me “what’s the key to success...
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Ring the Bells
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Ring the Bells

By Johnnyswim and Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors

November 1, 2023

Editor’s note: Two months in a row, I’m sharing the music of Johnnyswim and Drew Holcomb.  This is a far more upbeat, toe-tapper but with similar deep meaning to last...
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The Liberal Art of Business
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The Liberal Art of Business

By Tim McCarthy

November 1, 2023

The last thing I expected when I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science was that I would have a successful business career.  My pursuit of a...
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Goodbye Road
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Goodbye Road

By Drew Holcomb

September 29, 2023

Of course, “Goodbye Road”, by Drew Holcomb, Abner and Amanda Ramirez Editor’s note:  This live performance lines up nicely with what we saw in Chattanooga.
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Persistently Patient
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Persistently Patient

By Seth Godin

September 29, 2023

There are two reasons that our goals might not be achieved… Perhaps the goals are too lofty, too based on chance, unlikely for anyone to achieve, surrounded by barriers that...
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Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
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Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2023

Editor’s Note:   Warning: Do not read this book if you don’t have a strong stomach for explicit language and homosexuality, which I don’t by the way and yet the...
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October Laugh
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October Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2023

In honor of college football season, I recall the funniest actual quote from a football coach I’ve ever heard.  About 25 years ago at the Big Ten season opening news...
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