Category: general
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I’m not creative
Last year I hear my son say “I am not creative”. I think he is wrong. I think what he really meant was that he is not that interested in traditional art projects like drawing and painting. Since he doesn’t enjoy them, he doesn’t do them often, and therefore he is not particularly good at…
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Don’t walk around with empty hands
In the winter of 1999, I worked as a rough carpenter for about 5 weeks. I was going to be studying in Germany for a semester, and I had a couple months off before I left. My dad used a connection at church to get me a job for a little while to earn a…
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Weeds?
The neighbor across the street from my apartment planted some Fox Glove , which some people consider a weed. This is actually a pretty common practice in Germany, where people will plant some flowers right up against their building. Before it started flowering, another neighbor was kidding him about not weeding by his house, and…
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Are emoji ruining communication?*
If you are a close friend of mine, you’ll likely know that I don’t like emoji. I know that I am in the minority opinion on this topic, so I don’t often bring it up, because I don’t foresee it being very useful or making me popular. However, I recently owned up to it at…
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Old year out, new year in
The flipping of the calendar page seems like a good reminder for a bit of reflection and planning. Last year, I made two primary goals for myself, which I am happy to say I achieved. Blog once a week. For this goal, I counted both blog posts here, as well as on my family site,…