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Mar 43 min read

I Interrupt Your Day to Bring You This Blog on Interruptions

On a miserably cold, gray, and blustery Tuesday afternoon, a block of time miraculously appeared in my schedule when two Zoom calls were...

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Why is going to the doctor like buying a car?

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Jan 227 min read

Why is going to the doctor like buying a car?

Going through the economic and emotional acrobatics of buying a car is not the highlight of my world. However, it is one of those...

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Jan 82 min read

Not Just a Cup of Coffee

Once upon a time a gas station was called a filling station. These were mom-and-pop operations scattered throughout communities and...

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Sep 4, 20234 min read

What Is It about September?

Our primitive ancestors survived on the blistering savannas of Africa by recognizing the importance of rituals and routines. They...

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When AI Customer Service Goes Horribly Wrong, Humans to the Rescue

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Jun 5, 20234 min read

When AI Customer Service Goes Horribly Wrong, Humans to the Rescue

Many of us live in a fast-paced, hyper-caffeinated digitally driven culture of intermittent constant interruptions, unreasonable demands.

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Mar 28, 20233 min read

Hey, Lady, You Want This Piano Moved?

Having lived a somewhat nomadic existence in childhood because of family commitments, I understood the chaos and the emotional energy and...

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Hello, Spring. Where Are You? A Short Essay on COVID and Clutter

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Mar 15, 20234 min read

Hello, Spring. Where Are You? A Short Essay on COVID and Clutter

Phil was right. The groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter, and he was right. For the last several months, we here in the upper...

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Why Goldfish Have a Longer Attention Span than We Do

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Jan 19, 20233 min read

Why Goldfish Have a Longer Attention Span than We Do

We live in a world of constant, unpredictable, intermittent inattention. We are bludgeoned and bombarded with a tsunami of digital...

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Another of Life’s Wonderful Lessons Because It Is a Wonderful Life

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Dec 3, 20222 min read

Another of Life’s Wonderful Lessons Because It Is a Wonderful Life

Photo from Unsplash Prior to the onset of the subzero temperatures here in the upper Midwest, there was a brief reprieve for many...

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Where’s the Canary in the Healthcare Coal Mine?

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Oct 31, 20224 min read

Where’s the Canary in the Healthcare Coal Mine?

Coal mining is a profoundly dangerous profession. Before there were federally mandated safety measures, these early pioneers were aware...

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Aug 29, 20224 min read

The Worst Moment of Your Life

Greg Norman was the number-one golfer in the world in 1998. He was flamboyant, he was charismatic, he was an athlete right out of central...

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The Gift: A Moment in Time away from Gimmicks, Gadgets, and Digital Devices

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Aug 13, 20222 min read

The Gift: A Moment in Time away from Gimmicks, Gadgets, and Digital Devices

The dogs and I went for an early-morning brisk walk on our customary route through a wooded area adjacent to our home. Usually, my mind...

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With the World in Chaos, Where Do We Find Solace?

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Jun 3, 20222 min read

With the World in Chaos, Where Do We Find Solace?

Regardless of what we do for a living or where we live, to some extent we are all connected by the demons of our digital world. According...

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Like Rats in a Cage, Are We Witnessing the Collapse of the Healthcare System?

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Dec 27, 20214 min read

Like Rats in a Cage, Are We Witnessing the Collapse of the Healthcare System?

A classic laboratory experiment involving rodents goes something like this. These smart little caged rats quickly figure out if they...

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