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From Pete’s Rules to Joe’s Code

How one Mayor Pete volunteer learned to stop worrying and love Joe Biden I rode the subway to Boston’s North Station to meet a Pete Buttigieg volunteer named Dan. This was in January – cold, a pandemic ago. I was all in for Mayor Pete. Dan and I greeted arriving…

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From Pete’s Rules to Joe’s Code
From Pete’s Rules to Joe’s Code

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Oct 26, 2021

Morning Journal — text version

For two years I have recorded a brief message each morning for Alexa flash briefings. Yesterday and today there was a technical problem, so I’m posting today’s entry here. Good morning today is Tuesday, October 26 in Cambridge Massachusetts I can hear the rain falling outside my Lab. I have been Recording daily morning journal flash briefings for Alexa for more than two years now and this is the first time does the platform has failed me for more…

Journal

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Morning Journal — text version
Morning Journal — text version
Journal

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Sep 9, 2021

TFTC

What a Grandfather Can’t Tell You About the World’s Largest Treasure Hunt I was going to tell you about my summer Geocaching adventure. But when I shared my plan with a Geocacher who may or may not be male and may or may not be related to me, they were…

Geocaching

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TFTC
TFTC
Geocaching

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Nov 29, 2020

A Lanai of One’s Own

Settling in for creative work on Sanibel Island It doesn’t take much to make me feel at home in a new place. All I need is decent Internet service, a coffee maker, a window with something natural to look at, and a horizontal surface for my gear. Here on Sanibel…

Writing

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A Lanai of One’s Own
A Lanai of One’s Own
Writing

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Nov 6, 2020

Confessions of a Phone Bank Captain

I’ll begin by locating myself in virtual and real space: In the latter I sit at a desk in a cottage, looking out at the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Maine. …

Biden

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Confessions of a Phone Bank Captain
Confessions of a Phone Bank Captain
Biden

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May 7, 2020

On Making a Delayed Entrance

My return to Medium after a year’s absence Today the sun took an hour to climb above a cloud bank beyond the islands. It was low tide. I took a photo from the upper deck of the cottage where we are staying during the pandemic. I won’t say it’s a…

Maine

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On Making a Delayed Entrance
On Making a Delayed Entrance
Maine

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Mar 15, 2019

Four Ways of Looking at South By Southwest

What do these four SXSW panels have in common? A newcomer could be forgiven for thinking there are at least four different conferences going on this week in Austin, Texas. This year is my 10th or so trip to South By Southwest, and the other day I let happenstance plus…

SXSW

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Four Ways of Looking at South By Southwest
Four Ways of Looking at South By Southwest
SXSW

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Aug 26, 2018

My Grandson is Knocking at Your Door

A day of canvassing for Jared Golden in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District gives me hope for the future. — My grandson James, 12, and I drove from Old Orchard Beach to Lewiston, Maine, yesterday. Our mission: To help Jared Golden win his bid to represent the state’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives. We arrived early at 124 Lisbon Street and checked in with Emily Manter, the…

Politics

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My Grandson is Knocking at Your Door
My Grandson is Knocking at Your Door
Politics

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May 1, 2017

What Gregg Levoy and Dr. Ruth know about passion and joie de vivre

Two very different people last week inspired me to lean into life with rekindled zest — By happenstance, I encountered two very different people last week bringing eerily similar messages. Gregg Levoy in a workshop last Sunday at Unity Spiritual Center Denver called it passion. Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer in an interview Wednesday called it joie de vivre, which she translated as zest for life. Levoy…

Love

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What Gregg Levoy and Dr. Ruth know about passion and joie de vivre
What Gregg Levoy and Dr. Ruth know about passion and joie de vivre
Love

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Apr 16, 2017

Going Through the Motions

Sometimes that’s the best you can do in order to keep your writing practice from fading to black — It turns out that writing three posts a week at Medium is tougher than writing five. The reason seems to be that the more choice a practice offers, the more chances there are for procrastination and a slipping away from the practice itself. When I was writing five times a…

Writing

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Going Through the Motions
Going Through the Motions
Writing

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