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Episode 1 – One Word, Poodle
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In the immortal words on Julie Andrews, let’s start at the very beginning. A very good place to start. One word, Poodle. We got Poodle from Act2 Pups – a rescue for senior dogs. An amazing organization actually run by Linda Hunt. She pulls senior dogs from metro Atlanta shelters,…
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It Takes One Person to Act
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In his book, The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell asserted that studies show someone is less likely to be helped if in trouble in a crowd. In other words, the more people present in an emergency the less likely anyone will help. Possibly because people are all expecting that someone else…
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Miraculous Monarchs
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Nature has many marvels. One of the most miraculous is the Monarch butterfly. These creatures, fragile flying origami dipped in orange and black water colors, undertake a massive 2500 mile migration every year, often to the exact Oyamel fir tree in Central Mexico’s Oyamel Forest that they overwintered in the…
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Conflict Resolution : Pushing Through Tempests in Teapots
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Shit happens. People can be obnoxious, obscure, obstreperous, obtuse, oblivious and pretty much any form of obstructionist you can imagine. And at some point, whoever you are, you’re going to find yourself perching awkwardly, and possibly innocently, in the middle of a firestorm of ‘he said, she said, blah blah…
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Being An Expat
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You look back over time with something akin to nostalgia. Walking to the train station, hands plunged deep into pockets of a black winter coat, streetlights blinking through the damp mist. City lights reflected in dark canals. Noise spilling like overflowing Hoegaarden out of smoky pubs, a siren call out…
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Embrace What Is : A Subtle Mindshift
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We are only in charge of our own lives, paths and journeys. Sure shit happens. Life is not always a walk in the park. Indeed it is only really in the struggle and clearing away obstacles that we truly find clarity and growth. The world outside of our inner thoughts,…
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Status Update: So Many People, So Much Despair ……… What to do about it.
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Social media opens all these windows into people’s lives. One sees much more than one would like to, a lot of the time. Young people’s anger and despondency and generally hostility broadcast in disappointed detail for all the world to see. Why? How does it help? Are you looking for…
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Owner Surrenders – A Shelter Animal Article
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16 year old owner surrender. Who does that ? It’s tempting to leave it at that question with all the disdain and judgement it conjures up. In our ‘holier than thou’ minds we see some callous Scrooge like character gather this bundle of tired bones and drop it on the…
Essays
A selection of Essays for a time in your life.
I wanted to write “random” before selection.
But as much as I sometimes think we are forging a path through a chaotic allegory,
I do believe in an order to it all. Of our own making.
Simple. Stories we pull into our own life. Stumble upon. Spend a second skimming.
Needed in the moment. Or not. But there nonetheless.
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