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Squirrel Communion
Spent an hour or two on our “treehouse” deck thirteen feet up, among three lovely maple trees in the backyard, readying Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. A cautious but curious squirrel scampe… more →
Slice of Life
Squirrel Communion
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Judy Laddon wrote 2 months ago: Spent an hour or two on our “treehouse” deck thirteen feet up, among three lovely maple … more →
The Limits of NVC
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Judy Laddon wrote 4 months ago: The great test of putting nonviolent communication into practice is using it in the heat of an argum … more →
A civil tongue
Judy Laddon wrote 7 months ago: I was babysitting my 5-year-old grandson, Cadan, this week and found myself shocked at a particular … more →
Winter’s Highlights
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Judy Laddon wrote 9 months ago: Our town blipped across the nation’s media this winter with a record snowfall. Sixty inches of the p … more →
My short, surprising career as a grape picker
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Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: As a young woman I did stuff like this — harvesting, canning, drying food, even cheese-making. But n … more →
In defense of being idle
Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: At the Democratic National Convention recently we heard several references to the postulate that if … more →
Beware of going home again
Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: I went to my childhood home last week, flying 1400 miles from Spokane to San Diego. The purpose of t … more →
Which way is up?
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Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: My high school science teacher once told the class of a fiendish experiment. To see what would happe … more →
Spicing Up Middle Age
Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: Radio host Alice Hornbaker of “Grandparenting Today,” WMKV 89.3 FM in Cincinnati, interv … more →
The boy who was 'hogging' the hammock
Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: A small group of friends and I have been meeting weekly to learn Marshall Rosenberg’s revolutionary … more →
Growing Bolder
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Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: Last week Sally was interviewed by the “Growing Bolder” radio show of southern Florida. … more →
Shedding Ego and Worries
Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: Twenty years ago, Sally painted a picture of her inner self: a blindfolded girl in a nightie is walk … more →
‘What a coinci-blence!’
Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: I took my grandson, Cadan, to the children’s museum yesterday. While standing in front of an i … more →
A Conversation with Death
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Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: A couple of weeks ago, Sally telephoned me. “Don’t come over tonight,” she said. “I’m coming down wi … more →
Alchemy
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Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: Recently I joined the National Association of Baby Boomer Women (www.nabbw.com), which is a great or … more →
Six Degrees of Sally
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Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: Recently we read a chapter in Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point, about a remarkable w … more →
The Blank Slate of the New Year
Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: We meditated today (at our weekly meeting at Sally’s), asking for insight about what we should … more →
Winter Reflections
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Judy Laddon wrote 1 year ago: We’ve been reflecting on winter—both dealing with cold and darkness, and welcoming the time to … more →
