I think Christmas (or any seasonal holiday) works best when we treat it like Thanksgiving. By itself, Christmas just has too many expectations associated with it: We have to decorate and put up a tree. (I love the result, but not the process.) We have to put up lights on the outside of the […]
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The Quickest Way to Solve a Big Problem
I’m not sure what country boys think about skunks in their yard. But for a city boy like me, it’s unnerving. I grew up in Southern California and Phoenix, smack dab in the middle of the city. I know how the city works. I don’t know how things work outside of urban areas. In my […]
How to Thrive After the Election
Tomorrow, the U.S. Presidential election will be over. There will be millions of people who will be extremely happy. There will be millions of people who will be extremely discouraged. We can just wait until tomorrow and see how we feel. But maybe we should decide now how we’re going to live going forward – […]