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Dec.09.2010 Women Who've Been Nice in 2010 On my 2010 short list of women who should be in Santa's "nice column are Rachael Chong, a professional financier who founded a non-profit to link professionals with other non-profit organizations that would benefit from skilled volunteer support, Elizabeth Edwards, Hillary Clinton, and Jessica...	Oct.23.2010 Who not to invite to a banquet Who not to Invite for a Banquet-Dealing with Issues As you make arrangements to gather for the Holiday Seasons, a few things to observe and ensure with the concierge: 1) When asking your friends to come for a serving at the table of charity, be careful that you close the windows of inopportunity...
Jan.26.2010 Goodwill Buddha, Goodwill Hunting, On Front Street, next door to Santa Cruz' Museum of Art and History (MAH), directly across from Trader Joe's, is a secondhand store, well, it's like a Goodwill gone to seed. Old clothes, bric a brac... but on occasion they display ill-shapened Buddhas in the front window. At one level it's like a...	Jan.06.2010 Dawn on a Journey ... Surely, it is yet another new unfolding dawn on a journey in time, experience and circumstances we all value as life. As we all know, this journey called life is quite trying. So, this new morning, let me humbly say: Beloved Red Room Friends, Neighbors, Associates and All Red Room Members...
Dec.22.2009 Placate my Soul I love the way the woodstove makes that little clicking sound each time I add a fresh log. It ticks in a way like the purple mantle clock does, on the old pine cabinet in the corner. The cabinet full of bottles of forgotten port and silver coffee pots and tiny handpainted glasses and napkin...	Dec.20.2009 Past Forgotten Seasonal quotes with the first and last word from Charles Dickens. I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar...
Nov.05.2008 Memo from the British Isles The United States, the world, has a new President-elect.To enable a new era, he will need our goodwill. Whatever he gets wrong, he will need 'on the ground' support. He will need us not to lose faith in the primary vision. ANYWAY "People are unreasonable, illogical and self-...	Jan.16.2008 Waiting Room Yesterday, for the first time in weeks, I got dressed in real clothes: my too-big jeans and a sweater. I put on boots and make-up. I found out what the weather was like by feeling it against my skin, instead of asking my family as they swept in from their busy lives. (It was COLD, wonderfully, slap...