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Ai Ai (for now)
[Update 12/21/20255] I’ve stopped using AI as an administrative tool, because, it is has been more trouble than it has provided innovative solutions, AND it uses ridiculous amount…
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Life is a feeling
One of my teachers said the title of this post with great authority, and it gave me pause. How could life be a feeling, I wondered, isn’t life…
Language
What do you call utopia?
With Sunday Morning Hope by David Byrne and Patti Smith I don’t care for the word utopia. I feel it’s been so overused for so long that my…
Culture
Regress, or Congress?
In 2016, I wrote letters to a number of GOP Senators asking them to hold the line against the destructive tendencies of Trump. It seemed clear that his…
Creativity
One-Third School, Two-Thirds Sky
I’ve had so many things on my mind lately, and much of it related to the sky: blues, clouds, galaxies, light and dark matter, and accelerating expanses. And…
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In (and out of) Service
[Originally published as newsletter on 11/11/2025] My Dad is a Veteran. He served our country in a regimented way to protect democracy. Practically, he was doing tasks inside…
Mommess
What I know about marketing
Good marketing is not a getting activity. It’s a giving one. To do marketing well, you must give first. And give often to new people. And I don’t…
Creativity
Road Songs, Libraries, and Hard Work Hassles
After dropping my 15 year old at drivers ed, I drove around listening to classic rock and landed at the library. Before I forget, Bob Seeger is an…
Creativity
Here’s my story (and I’m not sticking to it)
I’ve been in between things for some time now. Like in my career. And it is glorious. I mean, literally glorious. Each day feels like an adventure, my…
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Time Travel
[ Originally posted as Newsletter on 10/21/2015 ] Good morning, I’m at the airport with 20 minutes to get this out to you. I love flying because it…
Culture
Anchors Away
There was a time when women undergoing spiritual transformation could take a vow of stability of place, and hole up – practically – in a cell in a…
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What’s your story? Mythic or Mundane?
[originally published as newsletter on 9/30/2025]There’s a good deal of talk in self-development circles about the stories we tell ourselves. That we have the choice to tell ourselves…