Family

Radio Boy

12.05.2012 Family

  While Randy is on hiatus recovering from a writing-induced ailment, some friends are taking up the slack. Today’s post is by Jim Mattern.   One of my early memories is being in the living room listening to the family radio.  In the late 1940’s.  there was no television reception in our small Illinois town.  […]

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Balancing Family And Kids And A Freelance Life

11.28.2012 Family

While Randy is on hiatus recovering from a writing-induced ailment, some friends are taking up the slack. Today’s post is by Jonathan Siddle. My wife and I differ from other members of our family in that we are both musicians, myself focused on freelance work while my wife is a teacher. While the vast majority […]

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The Waiting Game Trap

09.10.2012 Business

“Let’s wait and see what happens.” “Something better might come along.” “The new model will be out soon.” “I’m sure it will clear up on it’s own.” “See how you feel in the morning.” Screw all of that. Do your research, make a clean, well informed decision based upon as much evidence and as little […]

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The Imagined Family

09.06.2012 Family

Many people have an ideal of what a family is in their mind. For some, it is an imagined image, something one would picture from a perfect 1950’s ideal, something that never existed outside of the movies and TV. For me, family is not limited to this structure of mother, father, and natural born children. […]

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Creating and Preserving Family Stories

09.04.2012 Family

Shared stories are an important part of what a family is. In this modern world it’s easy to lose sight of that. One can look up digital photos or scan through a timeline or postings on a wall. But these aren’t stories. How did our parents meet? How did we become a family? Where did […]

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