Tag Archives: Mindfulness

This is Your Last Warning: How Committees Communicate (A Parable)

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Dave Mitchell

On a recent “wander and ponder” (e.g. hike) with the Boone Dog, we happened along this sign.

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Your Favorite Memories May Just Be the Greatest Threat to Your Happiness

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Dave Mitchell

I have an odd relationship with Facebook.  Maybe you do, too.  I think it must be a lot like my parents’ relationship with each other.  They loved each other AND irritated the piss out of each other.  There was evidence … Continue reading →

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No Visitors Allowed – A Haunting

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Dave Mitchell

The lovely bride and I moved from the mountains of Colorado to the vineyards of Eastern Washington about six months ago.  Our new home is located just west of Walla Walla on 20 acres surrounded by farm land.  It offers … Continue reading →

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Three Things About People that Scare Me

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Dave Mitchell

As I travel around the world, I am afforded many opportunities to observe human behavior.  Mostly, I enjoy people.  However, there are three developing trends that I have witnessed over the last twenty years that scare the bejesus out of … Continue reading →

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Tip the Band

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Dave Mitchell

Most of my time is spent immersed in one of two distinctly different environments.  Either I am in front of hundreds of people who expect me to enlighten and entertain them, or I am alone.  The latter state is far … Continue reading →

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Finding Mindfulness in Packing Tape

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Dave Mitchell

Rivaled only by childbirth (so I am told) and buying a car, I don’t know of many life experiences that combine so much joy with so much pain as moving into a new home.  We have done it seven times, … Continue reading →

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