This past week I wrapped up an online Copy Writing course, my first “formal” effort to get practical writing experience and build my credibility. It was an exhilarating time of study, creative exercises and homework; I forgot how much I truly thrive in a learning environment. It does return me to the question that begs …
Self-awareness
19 Items Per Minute, or, How bagging groceries instructs my life
Paper or Plastic? In one of my earliest posts I mentioned that I would periodically discuss my various past jobs. Looking back over a littered landscape, each one did provide valuable lessons. My first job, at a large grocery store, by far taught the most lasting lessons. I first put on the blue apron when …
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Ice and isolation
Snowbanked The depths of winter are a place of stark realities. Last week, winter nearly froze me in place. It works like that for those of us who live deep in winter country, literally and figuratively. Snow banks the size of Volkswagen beetles tag team against us alongside the insurmountable obstacles of our psyche. Winter …