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My Stone Angel (apologies to Margaret Laurence) smelling the heather.

I have often framed my life as perfect. Lucky me.

Once, some decades ago, I was positively gleeful about the fact that I lived in Kitsilano – an area in Vancouver, BC, that is near the ocean, lots of green space, big old houses, people beaches & [...]

Do the Rich Get More Gendered Marketing?

After the radio show (http://businessheretics.com/ck/radio) where we didn’t have our planned discussion but, instead, had a jolly and important digression into the issue of gendered marketing, & tangentially, the idea of who is best served by “my” product or service.

In half an hour we were only warming up, there are so many directions to consider. I [...]

Day 38 – I Have a Friend…

I Have a Friend…

I have this friend, eh? She went bankrupt and I thought her life was basically over, but now she has a house and a shiny new car. She went out for dinner at this great restaurant last night – and paid with a credit card. How can you do that?

How can you get [...]

Day 27 – What is Giving?

What is Giving?

The Giving Guru

 

Thanks for coming with me on these early stages of blogging. It’s been about a month now and I’m proud of myself for not missing a day. Yesterday, I practised putting 3 photos in a row. Seems like a small thing, and it is, but it still took a little [...]

Day 14 – God Juggling

I like this ambiguous title: is God juggling, or are we juggling gods? I prefer the image of our magic selves in top hats and tails juggling half a dozen gods. But it isn’t what I meant.

 

Yesterday, I was musing about how every change affects other things, and as they change, the connections they have change. [...]

Day 12 – Doing the Things We Mean to Do

We gotta learn things. But, we gotta do things with what we learn.

 

I’m especially fond of filling my head up with knowledge. As it comes in, I like to compare it to what I know, to previous experience, & to problems waiting to be solved. If the new stuff melds favourably, I keep it.

 

Problem is … [...]

Day 9 – Relationships, Volvos & Money

I’ve hinted (okay, outright told ya) that there have been a number of romantic relationships in my life over the years. Let’s just say, it’s a little more than I can count up on my fingers, but I only have to take off one shoe. No one-night-stands or anything like that. Generally, a two-year turn-around of [...]

Day 7 – Talking With Dad

 

My dad

So, a whole bunch of years ago, Dad and some guys are renting a little plane. They’re flying to a conference in the United States and making an adventure of it. Flying over the Grand Canyon, checking into Las Vegas for a bit of gambling, and doing what they need to do in New [...]