Archive for June, 2012

Summer                                                   Under the Lily Moon Latvia’s most important national holiday is arguably not Christmas but the summer solstice celebrations of Ligo (pronounced “leegwa”) – a pagan tradition when Latvians celebrate […]

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10,000 Hours

Summer                                               Under the Lily Moon OK, I’m late to the 10,000 hour rule.  You probably know about it from Macolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers.  I missed it or, if I noticed it, I […]

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An Alternative View of the Trail to This Point

Summer                                                        Under the Lily Moon So.  The Republican critique looks at the failing European states and the creaks and groans of our own economy and concludes that the […]

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What Do Republicans Want?

Summer                                                             Under the Lily Moon David Brooks, in a column titled What Republicans Think, says, “…many Republicans have now come to the conclusion that the […]

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49 Years of Service

Summer                                                  Under the Lily Moon Yesterday Kate worked her last shift, finishing off a career that began as a scrub tech in Des Moines in 1963.  That’s 49 years. Tomorrow she […]

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My Land or Our Land?

Summer                                                         Under the Lily Moon Politics.  Lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Analysis from odd arenas has caught my eye.  We’re all trying to figure out […]

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A Career Finished

Summer                                             Under the Lily Moon Kate left for work for the last time tonight. She’s had a difficult and contentious time with Allina as they have moved more and more into medicine delivered […]

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Summer                                                 Under the Lily Moon Gonna be hot.  And it’s not a dry hot here in the Northstar state.  97 – 100 with a dewpoint of 75.  Yeeeikes.  I know, we’re […]

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When It’s Time to Live, Live.

Summer                                                          Under the Lily Moon “When it’s time to die, go ahead and die, and when it’s time to live, live. Don’t sort-of-maybe live, but live like […]

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Good News! Still Not Allergic to Bee Stings!

Summer                                                      Under the Lily Moon   Bees working hard.  One slightly behind the other, though the more advanced (more brood in the second box) also has an inexplicably large […]

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