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Positively 4th Street
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Positively 4th Street

By Bob Dylan

April 27, 2023

Editor’s Note:   This song’s appearance on a playlist caused me to look up the date of its release.   Turns out it was a month before I turned 13....
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Excuses and Blame
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Excuses and Blame

By Tim McCarthy

April 27, 2023

“No one cares about your excuses as much as you do. In fact, no one cares about your excuses at all, except you." When people’s actions have outcomes that don’t...
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Seth Godin
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Seth Godin

By Tim McCarthy

April 2, 2023

How to change the world All successful cultural change (books, movies, public health), has a super-simple two-step loop: AWARENESS TENSION It’s easy to focus on awareness. Get the word out....
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Found Forever
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Found Forever

By Caamp

April 2, 2023

Editor’s note:   I’ve been enjoying these lads from Athens, Ohio, for a few years now and still I find another and another song that strikes me both for its...
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Life Altering Books
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Life Altering Books

April 2, 2023

What books changed how you think?   The list below is a small but significant sample of the ones that have changed mine. The Bible , Old Testament; New Testament...
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If I Needed You
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If I Needed You

By Townes Van Zandt

February 28, 2023

I recently spent a few days alone with Caitlin and Kevin, two of Alice’ and my three.   We love music so spent time trying to impress each other with...
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Trust
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Trust

By Hernan Diaz

February 28, 2023

Editor’s comment:   I read this because the Times book review called it a “brilliant literary puzzle about…the warping force of wealth”.   They did not understate it as I...
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Motivating Quotes
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Motivating Quotes

By Multiple Sources

February 28, 2023

For me, quotes are collections of words that make me think.   Whether famous or just from friends and family, my favorites cause behavior changes.   Below are from the...
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View from the Bottom
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View from the Bottom

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2023

The youngest of our three, Caitlin, and I have talked many times about the effects of watching our older siblings as we grow up. I had four sisters and four...
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February Laugh | Bill Watterson
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February Laugh | Bill Watterson

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2023

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Small Things Like These
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Small Things Like These

By Claire Keegan

January 31, 2023

Editor’s note:   The most beautifully written and poignant short story I’ve read.   Do not read “A Note on the Text” until the end.   It makes the story...
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Ring the Bells
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Ring the Bells

By Leonard Cohen

January 31, 2023

"Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in" -Leonard Cohen Kintsugi or golden...
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January Laugh
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January Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

January 1, 2023

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Uniting America
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Uniting America

By Peter Shinkle

January 1, 2023

Editor’s note:   If you take a little idolizing and some moderate preaching at the end, you will enjoy this well-researched work on one of America’s most interesting periods.  A...
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Expectations are Thieves
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Expectations are Thieves

By Michael Utesch

January 1, 2023

Expectations are the thieves of joy. - Michael Utesch
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The Dyslexic Advantage
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The Dyslexic Advantage

By Brock and Fernette Eide

November 30, 2022

Editor’s Note: When I was school, I’m not sure dyslexia was even identified.  And so these kids seen as “stupid” or “slow learners”.  When my kids were in school, dyslexia...
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Measure of Bravery
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Measure of Bravery

By Tobi Lutke (Founder, Shopify)

November 30, 2022

The best thing founders can do is subtraction. It’s much, much, much easier to add things than it is to remove things. Adding things is a lot more expensive than...
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Santa Lost A Ho
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Santa Lost A Ho

By The Christmas Jug Band, Paul Rogers (lead vocal)

November 30, 2022

Editor’s note:  My friend, Jim Sullivan, sent me this a couple years ago and I forgot to post it.  If this one doesn’t make you smile and tap your feet,...
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Wiley Miller | Non Sequitur
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Wiley Miller | Non Sequitur

By Tim McCarthy

October 31, 2022

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Stuck in the Middle with You
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Stuck in the Middle with You

By Stealers Wheel

October 31, 2022

Editor’s Note: On my run the other day, this song popped up which I’m sure I haven’t heard for 20 years. As I listened, it occurred to me the refrain...
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The Spy and the Traitor
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The Spy and the Traitor

By Ben McIntyre

October 31, 2022

Editor’s Note: If you like John LeCarre, you will love McIntyre since, as close as the great spymaster came with his fiction, this is non-fiction. The author builds a page...
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