by Leanne Kinney | Feb 25, 2013 | Analogies for Experience, Learning from Life
Prologue: I wrote the text of this blog a while back, almost 3 years ago, in fact. Yes, sometimes I recycle stuff I wrote before, and I updated this material to publish a couple of weeks back. In one of those bizarre turns of events that can only make me think that...
by Leanne Kinney | Feb 20, 2013 | Analogies for Experience, extraordinary people, General anecdotes
“In Zen Buddhism a master was once asked what was the most valuable thing in the world, and the master answered that a dead cat was, because no one could put a price on it.” Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters, J.D. Salinger This is a story about a cat funeral, but...
by Leanne Kinney | Feb 19, 2013 | Learning from Life
When I was just shy of thirty, I started my own garden service business. I did it against my parents’ advice, which is not my habit. My dad owned a business when I was a child, and those six years took a huge toll on his health and our finances. Before I was in...
by Leanne Kinney | Feb 16, 2013 | extraordinary people
Today my family said goodbye to a wonderful man who was not only a good friend of our family but also someone who we were proud to be related to. Arnold Hulsey died Monday. I was leaving to go to the theater for a final dress rehearsal when my father called to tell...
by Leanne Kinney | Feb 14, 2013 | Holiday, Learning from Life
It’s Valentine’s Day with your sweetie, and you’re posting it all over Facebook and Twitter. Part of me wants to tell you where you can stick your roses and your overpriced dinner, but that would only annoy you and make me look more pathetic. Let’s not be...
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