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  • Reflections on Learning

    “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein It turns out that passionate curiosity about our own experience is key. Henry Mintzberg, the John Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies in the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University in Montreal said in an interview “The best way to learn is by reflecting on…

  • 32 Reasons I Love Paper

    Fussing with paper isn’t always great but I still love it. Here are 32 reasons to love paper. What are yours? I’ll add your additional ideas to the list and credit you. It doesn’t need wifi. It never has a low battery. It doesn’t try to e-mail itself to me. When my hands are full I can…

  • God’s Kids

    You may feel like running when your circumstances loom larger than you. Whatever that looks like. I know I was faced with yet another situation where the odds seemed insurmountable. And then I remembered Joshua. And others. God’s kids aren’t meant to run away. Here are 4 examples of God in the midst of a…

  • Portfolio by Venus Williams

    A dear friend of mine shared a book with me, “Women Who Read Are Dangerous” Author Bollmann “profiles how a woman with a book was once seen as idle or suspect and how women have gained autonomy through reading over the years.” Once upon a time a woman reading was considered radical, let alone write…

  • Because It’s Friday

    Go have yourself a full on bright orange Friday!

  • Why Don’t You Stop?

    The sun picked out this dandelion and made it bright with its rays. I noticed and inside I said, “Wow!” But I ran on. Another prod came. “Why don’t you stop…and take a picture?” I strode purposefully on but began to waver. Two workmen painting the curb red for No Parking were ready to help…

  • Deep Listening

    Deep listening, sitting with my fears in companionable silence, neither trying to deny them or fix them, instead looking at them to discern their shape, sift the physical observations, and through the fog that those observations trigger in me. Deep listening, sitting with the emotions of others. Intermittently, not trying to fix them. “I feel out…

  • 3 Mouthwatering Restaurants in Portland

    Today I’m putting into practice the advice from yesterday’s post to Step One: Go Exploring (practice noticing) and Step Two: Share What You Discover (not everyone got to go with you!). On our recent trip to Portland, we had the opportunity to explore 3 new or new-to-us and rave-worthy restaurants. Located in the Pearl, Mediterranean Exploration Company is part…

  • Dinner at Castagna

    After visiting Portland for over 15 years and driving by this vaunted restaurant on Hawthorne, we finally ate at Castagna. Chef Kevin Gibson put Castagna on the map and went on to create amazing restaurants Evoe and Davenport.  Justin Woodward, who received the James Beard Foundation’s Rising Star Chef Award in 2013, is the executive chef at Castagna now. At…

  • How to Process Feedback

    How to process feedback on our work, families, passions or ourselves is such an important topic. Often we cut ourselves off from feedback because it is often a painful experience. At the recent PBWC conference, Sheila Heen, co-author of Difficult Conversations and author of Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (even when it is off-base,…