Life in Kana-text (er… CONtext)
Acting on my new resolve to get out again in bare feet, I just walked down to our RV park's laundry room with a few already-read paperbacks to leave in our little lending library. I attend the local library's annual book sale to restock the shelves (yes, that's why I go to the book sale, … Continue reading “Books From the Ships”
Yesterday was Bilbo Baggins's birthday. It's the only fictional-character-birthday I know, and not because I'm a big Tolkien nerd (though I am), but because it's also my sister's birthday. Just before my own birthday earlier in the month (or as I like to think of it: the annual reminder from my mother about what LABOR … Continue reading Bilbo’s Birthday (or: the Baggins-ian Calendar Proposition)
Two years ago on an August evening, an unknown Oregon number rang my Idaho cell, and I picked up the call that changed EVERYTHING. Jon and I were agitating to get out of Boise, which has outgrown itself ----wanting to move closer to the Coast, somewhere small-town, more like Idaho used to be... (When I … Continue reading What WASN’T in the Job Description…
Sitting in a "town hall meeting" of Home Depot employees last week, several of us broached the subject of training with our store manager, Jeremy. The Home Depot offers some incredibly structured online training modules (I'm especially grateful for the interactive "Cashier's College" that helped me weather my first days at the register!) but several … Continue reading Learning Curves
Kana's Chronicles 