By Jim Heffernan I’ve really tried to be chill and calm, in spite of everything. Alan Watts tells me, “No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going…
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BUTCH’S BLOG: Collecting
By Butch Freedman I come from a family of collectors. My mother collected Depression glass, those lovely green, sometimes red, dishware made in the thirties. My Aunt Genevieve had an extensive…
IN GOOD HEALTH: 4 Locks & 4 Keys – Cultivating an Undisturbed Mind in an Unsettled World
What if the key to happiness is more than 2000 years old – and we just forgot it? By Michelle Jenck, M Ed Beginning Fall 2027, the University of Michigan’s College of…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Equanimity in Troubled Times
By Butch Freedman Equanimity: a mental or emotional calm, balance, and composure, especially during difficult times, stress, or bad news. It comes from the Latin word aequanimitas, meaning an even or…
MORE ABOUT AI – Surveillance Pricing: What’s Looking Over My Shoulder
By Neal Lemery Have you wondered how artificial intelligence has moved into your life, and subtly affected your decision-making? A very real commercial practice now seems to be thriving in our lives…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Guess What
By Butch Freedman I’ve had one for 70 years, though there’s been a few iterations. It’s the scarlet red color that I like. I associate it with being a kid, and with…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Learning to Work
Work Isn’t a 4-Letter Word By Michelle Jenck, M-Ed I once attended a seminar where a learning disabilities expert said something that stuck with me: A teacher’s job is to…
COMMUNITY KINDNESS: Friendship, Faith & Fate
By Mary Faith Bell This is an uplifting story about community, friendship, faith, and the kindness of strangers. Yesterday, at the Tillamook County Fair, I was walking with a friend out…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: More on the Trump Plan for Nuke Waste
“When the history of the Trump era is written, the institutional cowardice will deserve a chapter, and the courage of those that fought a chapter of their own.” – Michael Hiltzik, Los…
BOOK REVIEWS – A TWO-FER: Pair of New Books about Artificial Intelligence (AI)
By Jim Heffernan Here are a pair of new books that talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI) from slightly different perspectives. 63 years ago, (ouch), Bob Dylan told us “don’t speak too…
