Category Archives: current events/themes

Dress Codes

Posted on July 18, 2016 by stillalife

A friend and I meet often at a Starbucks in an office park and enjoy the parade of office and tech workers coming in for their morning coffee break. We first revel in the fact that they’re working and we’re … Continue reading →

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Bucket lists for the young and the old

Posted on May 18, 2016 by stillalife

Have you created a list of things you want to accomplish before you die, a so-called bucket list? I haven’t. At this point in my life, a bucket list would seem like an extension of the “things to do” lists … Continue reading →

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How to talk to old people

Posted on March 29, 2016 by stillalife

While I was working, I never had occasion to work with a supervisor younger than I was.  Which is why I can’t speak personally to issues that arise when older workers have bosses from the millennial generation. (Depending on the … Continue reading →

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Shh. My brain is recharging.

Posted on March 26, 2016 by stillalife

As my husband and I plan to meet friends at a Seattle restaurant for dinner tonight, I predict that much of our conversation will be lost. Not because we won’t be talking, but because we won’t be hearing. Sure, our … Continue reading →

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Sometimes your cat knows best

Posted on March 19, 2016 by stillalife

When I told my cat, Gordon, he had received 22 likes on Facebook for a photo of his tail sticking out from under the comforter, he blinked and went back to sleep. This brings me to a recent article in … Continue reading →

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Yearning for the occasional grouch

Posted on March 11, 2016 by stillalife

Work friends and I sometimes went out to lunch at a family-run BBQ joint. I call it a “joint” because “restaurant” did not come to mind in this former auto body shop. As strange as it sounds, people didn’t just … Continue reading →

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Is there a middle ground when it comes to panhandling?

Posted on February 24, 2016 by stillalife

So what is the answer to stopping panhandling? Or should it be stopped? Why am I even asking the question? Because in the past, few people stood on street corners holding signs outlining their particular dire circumstances and asking for … Continue reading →

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Challenging our assumptions

Posted on January 30, 2016 by stillalife

I’ll call her Laurie — not her real name. She stands on the sidewalk holding a confusing sign asking for help from drivers pulling out of the grocery store parking lot. This week I decided to walk to the store. … Continue reading →

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Year of the Monkey not so great for monkeys

Posted on January 15, 2016 by stillalife

Surrounded as I am these days by an unusually large collection of monkeys made from paper, ceramics and socks, it only seems right to find out what this “Year of the Monkey” will bring. In China the year begins on … Continue reading →

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How much is enough?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by stillalife

How much of anything is too little, how much is enough, and how much is too much?  It sounds like a question out of the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” But I’m not talking about the temperature of … Continue reading →

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