Loving living, marketing, and selling
This is just Michael writing about whatever. I generally stay away from politics and such, but there is likely to be an occasional rant. I may be addressing something that does not fit into any of the other categories – I really detest the category “miscellaneous” – or I may simply be coming to a topic with a curious (musing) mind. Sometimes a post will be in another category as well, but the tone also places the post in the Musings category.
“Bored now!” ~ Benedict Cumberbatch in “Sherlock I was sitting in my favorite chair, in my favorite room, with my favorite person. I had an inkling that neither of us was happy. I glanced furtively over my shoulder to see what was happening with my wife. She was glancing at me. “Bored?,” I asked. “Oh, … Read more
I admit that I’m prone to obsessions. There’s the time I discovered that my garden could grow beautiful radicchio and every salad at every meal and potluck had prominent red and white chunks throughout. Then I learned how to make hummus. Garbanzos, fava beans, black beans, flavored, plain. Lots of hummus. Then it was sprouts. … Read more
So, the first key is to start slowly, incrementally and avoid over-exuberance, avoid being driven by your ego. Think orchard growing, not fast food. Think lifetime of development and growth. Think joy. ~ Barefoot Ted It’s been well over 45 years since I first tried cross-country running in high school. It was an inglorious experiment … Read more
Memories of Thomas Leonard on this 10th anniversary of his passing Thomas Leonard was not yet 48 years old when he died suddenly of a massive heart attack on February 11, 2003. I had met him only once, and briefly, a couple of years earlier. The closest I ever came to a personal conversation … Read more
