Almost 30 years ago I ran across an article by Michael Ventura with this title. It was a list of 38 suggestions that he boldly suggested would solve all our problems. I cut it out – made copies – took some of them to heart and saved others to think about “later.” “Later” never came Read More…
Category: Transitions
Home Street Home
Kids have been dropping out of high school since there have been high schools, but our dropout “problem” is relatively new. At the age of 11, my grandfather, John Alfred “Benny” Benson, was sent to work on a stranger’s farm in the next county when his mother died. His father, Otto Benson, an Iowa farmer Read More…
Brevity Works: Learning from Donald Trump
I don’t Tweet and I will probably never make much use of my Twitter account. That being said, I keep flashing back to something my good friend Deb Tucker tried to get me to learn when Tweeting first became a fad. Bette, she told me, it would be very good for you to learn to Read More…
Resolutions in Retrospect – Dec. 30, 1998
I just now read through “Resolutions in Retrospect” for the first time in many years. I’ve skimmed through it as I’ve been going through my old writing … but haven’t really thought about what I discovered that New Year’s Eve in 1998. That was over 17 years ago! I’ve taken time between Thanksgiving and Christmas Read More…
Reorganizing – A Simpler Way
I’ve been back in Brookings for a week and finally feel settled enough to get back to these blogs. As I was moving books from one shelf to another and filling a couple of boxes to donate to the library, a book that I’ve had for many years caught my eye. It’s called A Simpler Way Read More…
I’m back! (FINALLY!)
I started this blog on February 5, 2009 – and then “life” happened. I just read what I wrote over 2 years ago and I could have written exactly the same thing this morning. It’s all still true – except that I’m not sitting in the RV in Palm Springs, but rather back home on Read More…
WELCOME to Meanderings!
I’m starting this blog this morning for two reasons. First, 2008 was a year of a great many changes for Richard (aka “Dick” or “Rich”) and I. After 10 years of pseudo-retirement, we have finally arranged our lives so that we can spend more time traveling.Last January we saw the movie “The Bucket Read More…