My daughter seems to have found the right holiday spirit. She makes gifts for all her friends… a hand painted glass for John, a knitted muffler for Sandi, a collage decorated journal for Shelley and so on… each gift costing very little and often made with found objects. But they all contain a generous portion of her time, attention and creative spirit. Of course, she has to start early and pay close attention to what the person might like.

When it works… blogging is a lot like that: small gifts crafted with care and targeted to make the reader’s life more pleasant or interesting.

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put the X back in Xmas

The key phrase in your post, for me, is “take a laptop”… I suspect, the pasta selling is just a “beard” for your true desire: the 3 B’s – blog, browse and blab.

“Nice work if you can get it. And you can get it if you try.” – Ol’ Blue Eyes.

Of course, what we really seek is the job that has no work to it at all: just unadulterated bliss. That is the work you cannot get by trying…

“Try? Try not! Do.” – Master Yoda

Do. Frank. Do.

“Doo-by Doo-by do.” – Another Frank.

and remember… “It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year.”

And thank you too, McD. Kind words.

You blog about the most interesting questions…
managing the tradeoffs of lifestyle vs workstyle.

I suspect you’re very good at what you do and there are a lot of people who would like to trade places with you but they wouldn’t be Frank… as you are.