Burn, build, bridge – annie’s blog
It’s easy to criticize. Easy to point, easy to blame. Interestingly, none of that sideline stuff counts as work. None of it moves us toward meaningful change.
Yep. This.
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Execupundit.com: The Thanksgiving Pie Debate
There is the standard pumpkin pie: a true essential for Thanksgiving.
But then things become trickier: pecan, apple, chocolate cream, cherry, lemon, coconut cream, and some more exotic flavors such as Key Lime.
Shockingly, Mr. Wade leaves Sweet Potato completely off the list. The only worthy competition for which is Pumpkin.
Call this native born Black Southerner flummoxed.
As we round the curve, he clears his throat and tells me, with no preamble, that he thinks we’re not in love, maybe he’s never been in love, or actually loved me.
Almost 30 years ago, my first wife said almost exactly these same words to me. In a similar out of the blue fashion.
It took another decade to finally feel like I was worthy of love — any love — again. And when that happened, I found it.
Jamie has thoughts after writing 300 newsletters. Useful insights if that’s your jam too.
excerpt from my Sent folder: unions – The Homebound Symphony
One more contributor to Trump’s win that hasn’t been sufficiently acknowledged: it’s one of the consequences of the collapse of labor unions.
This is an astute observation.
Events in the Post-Covid World – Gladhill Rhone Consulting
Though some date the “end” of covid to 2021 when vaccines were first available, or to May of 2023 when it was declared “endemic,” I would argue that in many ways we are socially just entering the a “post-covid” state now, at least in terms of theater attendance and charity fundraisers. This year is certainly the first one for me where “gala season” has been back in truly full swing. And I have learned a few things from it.
My wife on what to expect from attending or hosting events these days.
Rands is turtling. I am too. Perhaps you should consider doing so as well.
In a society that increasingly values visibility over privacy, choosing to keep parts of our lives to ourselves can feel almost countercultural. Journaling is, in fact, punk as fuck.
Ive long treated my DayOne app as a private social network. It’s highly satisfying.
(Via Annie)
Between stimulus and response there is space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
— Attributed to Viktor Frankl but that attribution is unclear
“The future is inside us. It’s not somewhere else… We call upon the people. Only people have this power. The numbers don’t decide. Your system is a lie. A river running dry. The wings of a butterfly. And you may pour us away like soup. Like we’re pretty broken flowers. We’ll take back what is ours. One day at a time.”