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Alone On A Limb: Living wages for employees should be a part of every business plan.
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Sunday, December 28, 2014. Living wages for employees should be a part of every business plan. Raising the minimum wage will make life better for the folks on minimum wage. That is a good thing. And it affects a different group of folks than what is imagined by many. See the chart below. But that ain't all. Raising the minimum wage will also put more money into circulation in the economy. Folks making minimum wage WILL spend their increased wages. They have to. To me it is a principle:. The Median Sib (3...
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Alone On A Limb: Thanksgiving Recipes and Politics
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Thanksgiving Recipes and Politics. As someone who tries to contribute financially, in my meager way, to progressive candidates, I receive multiple political e-mails daily. Even from folks I greatly admire the deluge of updates, requests, and screeds is tiresome. But you can count on Al (and Franni) to occasionally surprise you with something good. I thought I'd share this. It’s that time again: time for the best email you’ll get from us all year. 2 cups white flour. 4 Fold t...
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Alone On A Limb: December 2014
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014. It's the final day of 2014. We are thirty years past 1984. We are living in science fiction times. Nekkid folk cavorting lasciviously at any hour. And any and all of those magical choices I make will be recorded and reported to an esoteric intelligence that will then make, based on my choices, suggestions to me for the rest of the day and, I suppose, the rest of my life. I wonder how many times today my image will be recorded as I drive or shop. And forty - - FORTY! Years ag...
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Alone On A Limb: Stories I Almost Forgot to Tell
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Thursday, October 02, 2014. Stories I Almost Forgot to Tell. Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Stories I Almost Forgot to Tell. Donald Davis in the Library Tent on the Grounds of the National Storytelling Festival. Donald says tonight’s tales are ones his Mom wouldn’t have wanted told. Maybe so, but they certainly were welcomed by this crowd. We hooted and howled at Donald’s childhood antics and his creative telling of them. To stand on tiptoe with their noses in chalk rings she’d drawn on the board. He and hi...
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Alone On A Limb: The Fifth Day of Christmas
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. The Fifth Day of Christmas. Here is my other Fifth Day post. Where you will find a link to the Three Tenors singing Silent Night. A New Song for Santa’s Church. Do you have a best friend? Someone you can count on to come through for you in a pinch? Church of St. Nicholas Oberndorf (razed in 1906). And there are a couple of those guys that, I know, if I had any trouble, would come to help me out. I told you Franz was the choirmaster. That means that he not only directed the...
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Alone On A Limb: Sunday in Jonesborough
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Sunday, October 05, 2014. This morning Diane and Brittany (and Brittany's husband Eric) fixed breakfast for the Storybrook Farm bunch. John took the morning off. We had crepes with toppings that included strawberries, nuts, cinnamon sugar, chocolate, a whipped cream/ricotta cheese mixture, and powdered sugar. A different sausage, coffee, tea, and OJ to accompany it, and our 13 new friends around the table for good conversation. How could it be Sunday already? A million lasers. "Eyes, I. She also told of ...
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Alone On A Limb
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014. What gifts will you bring your Papa? Pure gold, however they’re made—. Wrapped in sunshine smiles;. Tied up with love that won’t fade. What gift will you bring your Lover? Its rich, whatever you’ve spent,. You’ve paid thrice in sweat and tears. And my promises, broken or bent. What gifts can I bring my daughters? What present is worthy my wife? Tawdry trinkets diamonds would seem. On these precious true-treasures of life. Merry Christmas to you and to those whom you love.
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Alone On A Limb: Terry Saves the Day
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Terry Saves the Day. Today Bob told a great tale - with maybe some truth in it somewhere - about a little Canadian girl's providential encounter with a Teddy Bear, and her long lost English grandfather. Terry Saves The Day. It was then that my Methodist preacher heritage and experience came in handy. I knew those fellows with the poles would never fish those teeth out with empty hooks. AND I knew the bait to use. Preacher Bailey had a chicken leg left on his plate that still h...
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Alone On A Limb: Suzy Bogguss Pre-Festival Concert
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Friday, October 03, 2014. Suzy Bogguss Pre-Festival Concert. Thursday, October 2, 2014. Library Tent on the Festival Groundsin the Library Tent on the Grounds of the. It has become a tradition to schedule a musical concert on the night before the National Storytelling Festival opens. This year the wonderful Suzy Bogguss rocked us with her country songs, accompanied by Charlie Chadwick (creator of the famous Chadwick Folding Bass) on bass, and Craig Smith (of the Orkney Islands) on guitar. 8220;Someday So...
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Alone On A Limb: The Red Light's On
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Sunday, November 17, 2013. The Red Light's On. Now we could have followed the advice of MapQuest and taken the perimeter highway around to Decatur and the Friend’s School and our rendezvous with the 2013 Tellebration. It may have been faster. But as a fellow who wheeled around East Atlanta and Decatur a fair amount in my youth and early adulthood I preferred to drive through town. Knowing how traffic can clot unexpectedly we gave ourselves a huge cushion of time. 8220;Matter of fact it is! We watched as ...