by Matthew | Oct 13, 2020 | Leadership
The battle in the workplace was fought by men and women who desperately wanted to be treated with value. This was key to settling the strike, and became a key to everything I have done since. I am not an arbitrator, a mediator, or a negotiator. I am a peacemaker.Wayne...
by Matthew | Oct 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
So, I am a little late to the party, but last week a major cultural phenomenon commemorated its 70th anniversary. It was on October 2, 1950 that the first ever Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schultz was published in a newspaper. Schultz’s comic has become one of...
by Matthew | Oct 4, 2020 | Outdoors
The American essayist Hal Borland once wrote “If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.” Trees grow from tiny shoots into saplings, and then into mighty trees as old or older than the oldest humans. But even through all the...
by Matthew | Oct 1, 2020 | Food
Here’s a good way to start a fight: ask a group of people what the ultimate condiment is. Team Ranch is probably the largest, Team Sriracha possibly the loudest, but I would vote for BBQ sauce. The Kansas City style, thick and based on ketchup and brown sugar is...
by Matthew | Sep 29, 2020 | Writing
Ideally, a writer only writes when there is something worthwhile to say. At least, I like to think so. Writing for the sake of filling space perpetuates a fraud upon the honest reader, who may find him or herself having been sucked into a waste of their time. I wonder...
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