• Life is hard. Do something.

    Life is hard. Do something.

    With the plague and related closures putting a damper on our normal avenues of entertainment, more people are heading to the outdoor spaces. In Texas at least, that means our amazing state parks have seen a spike in visitors. Because many of these are newbies unfamiliar with the fact that nature will kill you given […]

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    Remembering star stories

    Remembering star stories

    Do you ever wonder why we don’t tell the stories of the stars and constellations any more? Don’t you think we should?

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    Hold on to what lasts

    Hold on to what lasts

    If we want to survive these very precedented times, we’d do well to look to those who’ve gone before us.

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    Up to the challenge?

    Up to the challenge?

    If you fail a book challenge, does that mean the books win?

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    Picking up the check

    Picking up the check

    Everything we do requires trade-offs. Say “yes” to one opportunity, and you have to say “no” to others. Choose the right turn; miss out on the adventures to your left. Everything has an opportunity cost, and there is no way to avoid paying it. TANSTAAFL and all that jazz. One of the marks of maturity […]

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    Let your “No” be No.

    Let your “No” be No.

    “No,” is a complete sentence. It doesn’t matter how many winding roads we take to get there–“I’ll think about it, let me check my schedule, I’ll pray about it, I need to talk to my spouse”–whatever feints and delaying tactics you engage in, in the end, we only have “yes” or no. But too often […]

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    First finished book of 2019

    First finished book of 2019

      Today, sitting beside my father’s hospital bed, I finished I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life  by Anne Bogel. This was a Christmas gift — one of three books for book lovers, I received (Book Girl and On Reading Well were the other two in this trinity.) I’ve been […]

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    A Thanksgiving interlude

    A Thanksgiving interlude

      Some of you may think that this is the beginning of the Christmas season. Some of you are already a month into it. But before you start jingling your bells, hold up a hot minute. This is actually the Thanksgiving season. We have 3 weeks to prepare for — and celebrate — Thanksgiving. Christmas, […]

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    Social media, how does this thing work, anyway? Part 3

    One of the most basic of social media rules is “Be consistent with your posting.” IOW, don’t be me. Let’s wrap this up! We started with a basic overview of social media and then went over a few basic rules. Today, I’m going to go over a few specifics for 4 platforms: Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, […]

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    100 Word Challenge: The Snare

    100 Word Challenge: The Snare

      The meeting will come to order. This is an update on the plan code-named the Snare. Despite some insistence that we should use an enticing facade to lure our targets (Yes, Mr. Wonka, I see you making those faces) we decided to take a different approach. As Mr. Rochester noted, the pull of the […]

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