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How lucky can we get? I thought we’d spend the evening answering that question. I was treating a client to dinner at a restaurant that I couldn’t afford. But my company was paying. Lucky me. My dinner partner, Scott, was even more fortunate—he could easily afford the restaurant.  Lucky him. The conversation headed in theContinue reading “Full Moon”

I nearly ruined a Christmas present. The gift I received, bestowed with love, was afternoon tea at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. How’s that for swanky—even “The” gets an uppercase. In reality, nothing in the hotel resembles my lowercase living conditions. Some might argue that I don’t really belong, but IContinue reading “Tea Timeout”

My yard desperately needs attention, so I got busy. I read a book. About soil. What better place to start? I was struck by the catchy title: Teaming With Microbes—The Organic Gardener’s Guide To The Soil Food Web.  Naturally, I’m doing everything wrong in the yard. But I don’t care, because I did everything rightContinue reading “Clean Hands”

In the race of life, I am the tortoise. It’s not a strategy I adopted to defeat the hares of the world. I simply do better if I approach things at a slower pace. Moving at a faster pace makes everything more complicated and overwhelming. If I want to get anywhere, I must take babyContinue reading “One Per Customer”

Foremost on my mind was the orange beef. We were four adults at a Chinese restaurant, and we ordered family style. That means sharing. We each picked a dish. Mine was the superior choice, the orange beef. As I watched it disappear while the moo goo gai pan didn’t, I was bugged. Learning nothing fromContinue reading “Be Yourself, New and Improved”