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Bloganuary writing promptWhat makes a good leader?View all responses I learned early not to trust charismatic leadership. It was during my very brief membership in a gang. Luckily, my father sussed early to my involuntary recruitment and moved the family away. But I carried a hunk of two-by-four studded with three penny nails for a …
Bloganuary writing promptIf you could un-invent something, what would it be? View all responses We all have peeves, things we despair of or are just plain inured with. Ask someone to name something they'd love to see un-invented and watch them vent. The steam will curl out of the ears, the invective will roll, and …
Bloganuary writing promptWhere can you reduce clutter in your life?View all responses I am among those who believe that there is a circle in hell for neat freaks. It's true. Some people enter my carving shop and envy the variety of carving tools racked before them. But It would be the height of mendacity to …
Bloganuary writing promptThink back on your most memorable road trip.View all responses I won't recite another one of my road trip sagas - been there, done that. In the course of writing this blog, I've posted a number of those. But not all trips are completed by physical travel - no thumb, auto, train, or …
Daily writing promptWhat snack would you eat right now?View all responses Food. If you've read some of my other posts, you may know that my primary career was as a practicing anthropologist. Food was essential in that pursuit. A dinner or discussion of food might accompany an invitation into a home. To the uninitiated, it …
Daily writing promptCome up with a crazy business idea.View all responses OK, I admit it. I am a serial offender, a recidivist of idiocy, and a nonchalant creator of reasonable-sounding whack-job businesses.Here I am, a consulting anthropologist, marine woodcarver, and videographer. OK, yes, the videography business actually pays the bills, but marine woodcarving has been …
Daily writing promptDescribe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?View all responses When I was a kid, my Dad was the Maintenance supervisor for a company in New York City. We lived in a basement apartment in one of the buildings. One of my earliest jobs was roaming …
Daily writing promptWhat could you do differently?View all responses It's easy to argue with yourself or handicap yourself with regret over what went differently in life than planned. For some reason, yesterday, I recalled that the plan for my life had gone off the rails in a less-than-endearing fashion numerous times. Jobs were terminated when …
Daily writing promptWhat is the greatest gift someone could give you?View all responses Great gifts? It depends on whether you catch me feeling very needy or very satisfied. One biggy tops both lists: love. With all the wandering, carrying on, and tribulations, I did not want to become an acclaimed folk singer, dynamic cult leader, …
Daily writing promptWhat colleges have you attended?View all responses There are many debates regarding higher education these days: too expensive for the return on investment and that it abounds with politically motivated sycophants. Here is my take: the GI Bill following the Second World War opened colleges and universities to those without trust funds. Because …
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