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Friends Grow My Garden
I thank my friends for my garden. I’ve tried gardening for decades, never growing enough to make it worthwhile, but being persistent because I want to know how to grow. This year is a culmination of efforts and gifts, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, community, disaster preparedness, food, frugal, frugality, garden, gifts, Langley, personal finance, sharing, sharing economy, Simple Living, sustainability, Whidbey
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Monopoly Versus The Farming Game
It’s Saturday night. I should be diving into a couple more hours of work (which I’m glad to have), but I’ve learned to listen to the messages my body sends. It’s time to recuperate, and then dive back in tomorrow. … Continue reading
HitRecord And Illustrating Wealth Inequality
Last night’s class ended with my common refrain; “The most powerful tool we have is each other.” The class was part of a series I am teaching about Social Media for Writers. Rather than stand up there and pretend that … Continue reading
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Tagged collaborations, consulting, cooperation, crowdsourcing, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, hitrecord, Oxfam, photography, photos, sharing economy, social media, wealth, Wealth Inequality, writing
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Small Town Coworks Considerations
Write a few words, kick off a lot of conversations. Well, I guess that’s why humans developed communication. Last week’s post about a coworks closing inspired a suite of incoming phone calls, emails, and meetings about possible reincarnations – and … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, consulting, coworking, coworks, Langley, sharing economy, Whidbey, writing
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Long Live The Coworks
My key chain just got lighter. The two keys that got me into the coworks were turned in because the coworks closed down. For almost two years The Langley Coworks has been my office, really just a bit of wide … Continue reading
Representative Larsen And My Personal Finances
If you ever give a talk in a coffeehouse, be prepared to pause while the espresso machine shrieks and the barista calls out the drink orders. Rick Larsen, my representative in the House of Representatives in the US Congress, came … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, entrepreneur, environment, frugal, frugality, health care, healthcare, housing, income disparity, investing, jobs, Langley, personal finance, politics, Rick Larsen, sharing economy, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, unemployment, wealth, wealth disparity, Whidbey
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Society Accidentally Diversifies
Us versus Them. That’s a familiar theme; yet we know there are grey areas between the two. Finance is the same. There are “The Big Institutions” and “the rest of Us.” Alternative economies try to make clear distinctions, but if … Continue reading
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Tagged AirBnB, banks, BerkShares, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, economy, finance, investing, Kiva, LendingClub, Lyft, MazaCoin, microloans, occupy, peer lending, peer-to-peer, personal finance, sharing economy, stocks, Wall Street
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Adaptation And AAM2014
Have you ever spent four full days thinking about museums? Most people think about museums for a few hours every year, yet museum folks necessarily think about them every day. Me, I think about them about three or four hours … Continue reading
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Tagged AAM, AAM2014, community, Dream. Invest. Live., Financial Integrity, HCLE, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, museums, New Road Map, NRM, personal finance, real estate, Seattle, sharing economy, stocks, Twitter, virtual museum
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