What’s your favorite tool? my favorite story,g
What's your favorite tool? I admit I have a tool fetish. I see a tool that is elegant in design and function, well crafted and just plain pretty--I gotta have it. Whether I would ever use it or not, makes no difference. Know what I mean? If you do, then you have it...
Personal Identity; A life time of titles and labels
How Labels Work Labels reflect how people think about others and themselves. They not only influence how a personal identity is created but also allow for recognition that others have different qualities. They aid people in understanding differences in needs, culture,...
Aging Gracefully, sharing positive tips-story of Sandpoint Id. community Blog, Shopsandpoint.com
Sandpoint Id. community Blog, Shopsandpoint.com Because I believe in the value of communication and I have a great dislike for Assuming. Aging Gracefully-is here for you to share real experiences with others. So many of us go through life with valuable experiences we...
Death in America, how we handle…
When my friends and family began dying around me I saw that how we handle death ( so impersonable) really could use an up grade from "how it has always been", words that make me cringe when I hear. In my life now 69 I have never gone to a funeral. I agreed with my Mom...
Selecting a Construction Company an Advice column
Selecting a Construction Company -Advice column, wonderfully written by Ted Bowers 2015. For the first 10 years of my career as a builder in Sandpoint, my contact with customers consisted of a verbal agreement and a handshake. We relied on each other’s honesty and...
Podcast, what is your favorite?
Share in the comments what is your favorite Podcast. Have you ever listen to a Podcast? Why do you enjoy listening to Podcasts? Do you listen on a headset while doing ?. How and where do you listen to your Podcast? Just a few thoughts you could choose to share in the...
Metaphors;
Today as family left town from a visit. I got to thinking about us as individuals and how opinions are used to like or dislike one another. Kinda like each human likes is a book and some you enjoy and others just do not interest you. Now writing this I am thinking I...
I am a spoon maker
From: Ted Bowers Date: Sunday, March 15, 2015 Subject: Reader, 3/19 im a spoon maker. I shape fruitwoods and hardwoods into spoons, spatulas, knives, scrapers, something we call a kitchen stick, and the occasional ladle. I started making spoons during a particularly...
Me , myself and I, we live and party together
Some time back I found myself living with just myself and did not want to say "I live alone", sounded depressing to me. That's why I live with me, myself and I and we party. I am not saying we do not run through our emotions as a river flows over the rocks, smoothing...
Mindfulness of Job site Safety,
Mindfulness of Job site Safety, 1/2/15 HAPPY NEW YEAR! An aspect of the changing year is that we tend to look both backwards and forward and contemplate our lives. Some of us look at what should be changed and make New Year's resolutions. Having tried that...